Four Arab States Urged Against US-Iran Escalation, Official Says

A burnt car lies on the road following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Tehran, Iran, Jan. 10, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran’s state media broadcast footage. Photo: IRIB via WANA(West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Four Arab states conducted intense diplomacy with the United States and Iran this week to prevent a threatened US attack on Iran over Tehran’s use of force against protesters that they feared would have impacts across the region, a Gulf official said.