Iran today denounced Washington’s support of
the UAE in its dispute with Iran over the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu
Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, calling it “flagrant interference in Iran’s
domestic affairs.”
“The islands have always been and will always
be inseparable parts of the Islamic Republic,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein
Amir Abdollahian. “The intervention by third parties (U.S.) in the region is
aimed at creating rifts and tensions,” he added. (IRNA/Press TV translation, 29 June)
On Wednesday, the U.S. voiced its strong support for the UAE initiative to resolve the dispute through “direct
negotiations, the International Court of Justice, or another appropriate
international forum.”
Today, Mohsen Rezaie, the former IRGC
commander and the publisher of the popular new site Tabnak, also said the West is provoking UAE over the islands to
create division in the region.
“(Western countries) follow a new style of
colonialism and use this stratagem to create division (among regional nations)
and dominate over the region,” said Rezaie,
who is currently the executive director of Iran's Expediency Council.
“Lack of awareness on
the part of regional counties will help Western leaders to dominate all energy
resources in the region and this is exactly what the US and Britain are looking
for,” Rezaie added.
Iran will either have to concede peacefully or be forced to enter armed conflict which it will loose. The geo-strategical balance change constantly, as it always have thru ought history. Just accept it.
ReplyDeleteThe islands are a inseparable part of Iran.Screw the Islamic republic!
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