�Iran�s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has reiterated that the three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb are an inseparable part of the country.






The comments came on Tuesday a day after the issuance of a joint statement following a sixth joint ministerial meeting between the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Russian Federation in Moscow.

In a part of the statement, false claims regarding the three Iranian islands were raised once again.

�The three islands belong to Iran forever and issuing such statements contradicts Iran�s friendly relations with its neighbors,� Kanaani said in a statement on Tuesday.

�The Islamic Republic of Iran underlines the continuation of the policy of good neighborliness and mutual respect, and considers the development and stability of the region to be the collective responsibility of the countries of the region,� he added.

Iranian officials have repeatedly asserted that the three islands are an integral part of the country, in the face of repeated United Arab Emirates claims on the islands.

By IRNA