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125169
Mon, 05/31/2010 - 12:33
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Iran should seriously address false claims to Persian Gulf islands
TERHAN, May 31 (MNA) -- MP Kazem Jalali has asked the Iranian Foreign Ministry to adopt a harder line toward the United Arab Emirates over its unjustified claims to three Iranian Persian Gulf islands.
“The adoption of such stances and the presentation of such false claims (by the UAE) warrants speedier and stricter measures by the Foreign Ministry,” Jalali, who is the rapporteur of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said in Tehran on Sunday.
“Unfortunately, the Foreign Ministry’s response to these acts by the United Arab Emirates is to simply laugh them off,” he added.
The Iranian MP said at times when the United States ratchets up the pressure on the Islamic Republic, certain Arab countries also raise diversionary issues to serve U.S. interests.
Raising issues like the false claims to Iranian Persian Gulf islands is undoubtedly a conspiracy, and certain Arab states are acting as lackeys of the United States, Jalali stated.
By distorting the historical facts, the United Arab Emirates is seeking to influence international public opinion, he said.
Iran is a vast country with an ancient history, but some of these Arab states are not even a century old, and yet they blatantly make claims to Iranian islands, Jalali added.
He also criticized certain Arab countries for their silence about the atrocities Israel is committing in the Palestinian territories.
“In a world where Islamic and Arab territories are occupied by the Zionist regime, and every day Palestinian children are being killed and the most horrendous crimes are being committed in Gaza by the Israelis, some of these Arab states do not even take the least practical step to help the Palestinian people,” the MP observed.
“The adoption of such stances and the presentation of such false claims (by the UAE) warrants speedier and stricter measures by the Foreign Ministry,” Jalali, who is the rapporteur of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said in Tehran on Sunday.
“Unfortunately, the Foreign Ministry’s response to these acts by the United Arab Emirates is to simply laugh them off,” he added.
The Iranian MP said at times when the United States ratchets up the pressure on the Islamic Republic, certain Arab countries also raise diversionary issues to serve U.S. interests.
Raising issues like the false claims to Iranian Persian Gulf islands is undoubtedly a conspiracy, and certain Arab states are acting as lackeys of the United States, Jalali stated.
By distorting the historical facts, the United Arab Emirates is seeking to influence international public opinion, he said.
Iran is a vast country with an ancient history, but some of these Arab states are not even a century old, and yet they blatantly make claims to Iranian islands, Jalali added.
He also criticized certain Arab countries for their silence about the atrocities Israel is committing in the Palestinian territories.
“In a world where Islamic and Arab territories are occupied by the Zionist regime, and every day Palestinian children are being killed and the most horrendous crimes are being committed in Gaza by the Israelis, some of these Arab states do not even take the least practical step to help the Palestinian people,” the MP observed.
