By Francesca Daniele
On March 11, 2026, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2817. Proposed by Bahrain and backed by fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as well as Jordan, the resolution condemns “in the strongest terms” Iran’s “egregious attacks” against Gulf states, deeming them a clear breach of international law and demanding their immediate cessation. Far from a purely symbolic rebuke of Tehran’s claim that its actions were an inevitable retaliatory response to U.S. and Israeli aggression, the resolution establishes legal obligations that could, in principle, open a pathway toward enforcement.
