{"id":19385,"date":"2020-10-21T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=19385"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T15:50:13","slug":"iran-stresses-sovereignty-over-trio-of-persian-gulf-islands-at-unsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/iran-stresses-sovereignty-over-trio-of-persian-gulf-islands-at-unsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran stresses sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands at UNSC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country\u2019s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands,\u00a0saying those territories have always been and will always remain Iranian.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking at a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Majid\u00a0Takht-Ravanchi reacted to some unsubstantiated accusations raised against Iran\u2019s regional role and attempts to dispute the country\u2019s sovereignty over the trio.<\/p>\n

Earlier at the session, Secretary General of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef Falah al-Hajraf had urged Iran to respond to the body\u2019s call to resolve the dispute over the islands through negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the issue related to Iranian islands has been mentioned here, I have to say that Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunb islands have always been part of Iran. These islands are Iranian and will remain so,\u201d Takht-Ravanchi said in response.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The strategically-positioned islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa have always been part of Iran, the proof of which can be found in 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 baseless claims to the islands.<\/p>\n

Referring to Iran\u2019s peaceful role in the Persian Gulf region, the envoy said, \u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran has played an incontestable role in ensuring energy security, commercial navigation and stability in the Persian Gulf region and we will continue to contribute to the promotion of peace and security in this sensitive region.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also stressed that the Islamic Republic\u2019s defensive requirements, including its missile program, stem from \u201cgeostrategic calculations and a significant historical experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran, he added, is building up its defense\u00a0capabilities in a bid to protect itself from the crimes similar to those committed by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 imposed war.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring Saddam Hossein\u2019s eight-year aggression against Iran that was supported through different means by the US and a number of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries, our cities were showered by Iraqi missiles and our people [fell] victim to chemical and other lethal weapons provided to Saddam mainly by the West. Simultaneously, unjust sanctions and restrictions deprived us of rudimentary means of self-defense. It is our responsibility now to prevent the recurrence of such appalling situation,\u201d Takht-Ravanchi said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"US,<\/a><\/p>\n
US, allies accomplices to Saddam\u2019s chemical attacks on Iran<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The US and some of its Western allies were among the countries that provided Saddam Hussein\u2019s Iraq with material to build chemical weapons.<\/a><\/div>\n

Elsewhere in his address, the Iranian ambassador criticized certain Persian Gulf states with huge military expenditures for turning the region into \u201ca powder keg\u201d and committing war crimes against the Yemenis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should be borne in mind that security must originate from within and cannot be purchased from outside. Those in our region who spend hundreds of billions of dollars on sophisticated armaments annually should realize that huge military expenditures neither create legitimacy nor long-lasting security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have only turned our region into a powder keg. And the only beneficiaries are the exporters of these deadly weapons. Some GCC forces are using these sophisticated armaments against the innocent people of Yemen who are experiencing the worst man-made humanitarian catastrophe of contemporary history; a clear case of war crime.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nonetheless, Takht-Ravanchi underlined the need for promoting cooperation on an equal footing as well as building mutual trust and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of states and no interference in their internal affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me conclude by once again reiterating our call for a constructive dialog with our neighbors with a view to dispelling misunderstandings and restoring friendly relations among all littoral States of the Persian Gulf,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country\u2019s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands,\u00a0saying those territories have always been and will always remain Iranian. Speaking at a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Majid\u00a0Takht-Ravanchi reacted to some unsubstantiated accusations raised against Iran\u2019s regional role and attempts to dispute the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":19386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1478,1483,1482,1480,1481],"class_list":["post-19385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis","tag-islam_is_our_symbol","tag-no_to_trump_deal","tag-purposeful_lectures","tag-stay_at_home_to_be_safe","tag-the_zionist_mice-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19387,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19385\/revisions\/19387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}