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GCC chief urges UN to halt Iranian attacks, protect Gulf waterways

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 494 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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What to know about GCC chief urges UN to halt Iranian attacks, protect Gulf waterways

GCC chief urges UN to halt Iranian attacks, protect Gulf waterways Jassim al-Budaiwi calls on UN Security Council to guarantee ‘uninterrupted navigation through all strategic waterways’.

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What happened

GCC chief urges UN to halt Iranian attacks, protect Gulf waterways Jassim al-Budaiwi calls on UN Security Council to guarantee ‘uninterrupted navigation through all strategic waterways’.

Why it matters

The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called on the United Nations to act to immediately halt Iranian attacks across the region, condemning the strikes as a “flagrant violation” of international law and the United Nations Charter.

Common ground

Speaking at the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday, GCC Secretary-General Jassim al-Budaiwi urged the council to “take all necessary measures” to bring an end to Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “85 percent of the projectiles fired by Iran have targeted Gulf countries, with the UAE the hardest hit”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute the 85% projectile targeting statistic or UAE being the most affected.
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Claim 2: “The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called on the United Nations to act to immediately halt Iranian attacks across the region”
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Wikipedia entries describe the GCC and its structure but do not mention the specific call to the UN Security Council. No independent sources or web results confirm this claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مَجلِس التَّعَاوُن لِدُوَلِ الْخَلِيْجِ الْعَرَبِيَّة), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي),…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 9 September 2025, during the Gaza war, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike in the Leqtaifiya district of Qatar's capital Doha, targeting the leadership of Hamas, housed in a Qata…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_attack_on_Doha
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: تميم بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني, romanized: Tamīm bin Ḥamad bin Khalīfa Āl Thānī; born 3 June 1980) has reigned as the Emir of Qatar since 25 June 2013, succ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani
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Claim 3: “GCC countries were from day one – months before this war even began – trying to keep it from happening”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute GCC countries' pre-war efforts to prevent the US-Israeli conflict.
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Claim 4: “Iranian officials have said they are acting in self-defence and striking US and Israeli-linked targets”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute Iranian officials' statements about self-defense.
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Claim 5: “Iran has carried out daily missile and drone attacks across the Middle East, including in Arab Gulf nations, since the United States and Israel launched a war against the country on February 28”
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Wikipedia: Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war explicitly states that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz caused the largest supply disruption in global oil market history, directly supporting the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
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Claim 6: “Iran also has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a key Gulf waterway through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquified natural gas supplies transit, sending global energy prices skyrocketing”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute claims about Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on energy prices.
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Claim 7: “GCC chief urges UN to halt Iranian attacks, protect Gulf waterways”
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Wikipedia entries only mention GCC leadership and US-GCC relations but do not confirm the specific claim about urging the UN to halt Iranian attacks. No cross-references or web results corroborate this claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 9 September 2025, during the Gaza war, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike in the Leqtaifiya district of Qatar's capital Doha, targeting the leadership of Hamas, housed in a Qata…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_attack_on_Doha
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: تميم بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني, romanized: Tamīm bin Ḥamad bin Khalīfa Āl Thānī; born 3 June 1980) has reigned as the Emir of Qatar since 25 June 2013, succ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council have maintained close bilateral, economic, and military relations since the GCC was founded in 1981. This is due to the United States' close relation…
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