Macron Urges Iranian President to Halt Attacks on Gulf States
French President Emmanuel Macron stated that he had spoken with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and asked him to end attacks on countries in the Gulf region. Macron also urged the country to engage in negotiations in good faith.
“I again spoke about the need to stop these unacceptable attacks on countries in the region, to protect energy and civilian infrastructure, and to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” Macron wrote in a post on social media platform X, as reported by Reuters and Al Arabiya news agencies on Wednesday (25/3/2026).
“I asked Iran to engage in good faith in negotiations to pave the way for de-escalation and provide a framework that will meet the expectations of the international community regarding Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programme and its regional destabilising activities,” Macron added.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced that its forces had fired a barrage of missiles at Israeli territory. Iran’s missile attacks also targeted military bases hosting US troops in several Gulf countries, such as Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain.
Tehran’s latest barrage of missile attacks, as reported by AFP on Wednesday (25/3/2026), was announced by Iran’s state television, IRIB, on Wednesday (25/3) local time.
The Revolutionary Guard of Iran, in a statement reported by IRIB, had fired a barrage of missiles at “targets in the heart of the occupied territory”, referring to Israel.
The Revolutionary Guard of Iran stated that US military bases in the region had been “struck by precision-guided missile systems using liquid and solid fuel, as well as assault drone barrages”.
Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks against targets in Israel and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.
Iran’s retaliatory attacks have triggered damage and injuries in both Israel and the Gulf countries. At least 13 US soldiers in Gulf countries were killed due to Iran’s retaliatory barrage. Another 290 US soldiers were injured, with 10 personnel among them suffering serious injuries.
In Kuwait, as reported by CNN, the spokesman for the country’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Abdullah Al-Rajhi, previously reported that a drone struck a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, causing a fire.
It was stated that the drone attack resulted in material damage. To date, it is not known whether there were any casualties.
Abdullah said that emergency teams have been deployed to the scene to extinguish the fire that occurred.