Claim on Iranian isles serve to avert focus from Israeli crimes
By Sadeq Dehqan
Staff writer
An Iranian parliamentarian believes that the motive behind the resurfacing of unsubstantiated claims regarding the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf is to distract public attention from Israeli crimes in Gaza and Lebanon. In an interview with Iran Daily, Ali Yazdan-Khah asserted that raising these issues is a deliberate ploy to divert attention, orchestrated by the Zionist regime’s supporters and carried out by their regional proxies, with the ultimate goal of deflecting scrutiny away from the plight of Gaza and Lebanon, at a time when the international community, including the Muslim world, remains fixated on the Zionist regime’s atrocities in these regions.
The European Union and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a joint statement during their first summit in Brussels on October 16, repeating allegations about Iran’s sovereignty over the three Persian Gulf islands -- Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa. The Persian Gulf islands have historically been part of Iran, proof of which can be found and corroborated by countless historical, legal, and geographical documents in Iran and other parts of the world. However, the United Arab Emirates has repeatedly laid claim to the islands.
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