GCC condemns Iranian attack on UAE oil tanker

<article data-history-node-id="439557" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gcc-condemns-iranian-attack-uae-oil-tanker" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gcc-condemns-iranian-attack-uae-oil-tanker" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">GCC condemns Iranian attack on UAE oil tanker </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jassim Mohammed al-Badawi has denounced “in the strongest terms” the Iranian attack on an Emirati-affiliated oil tanker that was transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The continuation of these brutal Iranian attacks by targeting ships passing through the strait is piracy and serious extortion of the security of sea lanes and strait,” al-Badawi said in a statement on the GCC’s website.</p> </div> </div> </article>