Following calls from Tehran to revise a previous stance, Russia reaffirmed its respect for Irans sovereignty over the three Persian Gulf islands of the Greater Tumb, Lesser Tumb and Abu Musa. During a meeting with the Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali, Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian presidents special representative for the Middle East,...

In response to the Emirati minister's baseless claims about the three Iranian islands, a diplomat said that the territorial integrity of Iran and its sovereignty over the Iranian islands are non-negotiable. The diplomat, in the United Nations General Assembly, stated that the claims of the Emirati official and the repetition of baseless claims regarding ...