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Tehran denounces GCC over missile comments  

The GCC enumerated worries about Iran and its "destabilizing behavior," triggering typically strong rhetoric from Tehran.
Iranian Basij paramilitary forces.

Iran hit out at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) after the latter underscored the need to tackle Tehran's missile program and its regional activities as major challenges to regional security.  

"At a moment that the [Gulf Cooperation] Council is serving as an arsenal for American and Western arms, it is in no position to make any comments on [Iran's] missile program," declared Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh

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