Cika wannan jumla:
Iraki ta mamaye Kuwait a shekarar 1990, Iran ta soki ta kuma yi Allah wadai da mamayar. Wannan matsayi daga Iran, a cikin goyon bayan Kuwaiti, da haɗin gwiwar Iraqi na ƙasashen Gulf na Farisa ya taimaka wajen inganta dangantaka tsakanin Iran da GCC, wato Saudi Arabia. Dukansu Iran da Saudi Arabiya sun yi watsi da amfani da karfi a matsayin mafita ga matsalolin yankin kuma sun yi adawa da mamaye Kuwait da Iraqi. Iran ta ci gaba, ta hanyar tallafawa takunkumin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Iraki. Iran ta dauki mamayar Iraqi na Kuwait a matsayin babbar barazana, tana daukar ta a matsayin mataki na farko zuwa ga tunanin fadada ta. A lokacin yakin, dangantakar da ke tsakanin Iran da Saudi Arabiya ta narke sosai kuma an dawo da alaƙar hukuma a 1991.