The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council on Tuesday slammed Iran''s stance towards its Arab neighbours, particularly Bahrain, despite Tehran''s interior minister saying a crisis with the small country was over.

GCC Secretary General Abdulrahman al-Attiyah lashed out at comments by Iranian officials over Bahrain''s sovereignty and at reluctance to resolve the issue of three disputed islands the United Arab Emirates say Iran is occupying.

"The positive stance of GCC countries towards Iran is a lot of times met with a hostile, unfriendly and unjustifiable stance by Iranian officials," Attiyah told a regional forum on security in Manama.

Iranian Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli had told the forum "the crisis between Bahrain and Iran is over, but there never really was what you could properly called a crisis."

On Monday, Mahsouli had said "the relationship between the two countries is a warm and sincere one and will not be hurt by the mischief of enemies.

"Tehran and Manama will not allow anyone to cause divisions between them or to prevent both nations boosting relations," he was quoted by Iranian state television''s website as telling King Hamad.