This marked the second one time this yr that Iran has referred to as for a Russian envoy in protest over feedback at the disputed islands. Tehran summoned the Russian ambassador in July over a an identical observation.
The diplomatic spat is an extraordinary incidence between the 2 international locations that experience deepened their ties since Moscow invaded Ukraine, with Iran supplying Russia with killer drones which have been used to devastating impact there. Each international locations have additionally been robust backers of President Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil warfare.
In 2022, Iran summoned China’s envoy over a an identical joint observation with Arab international locations.
Iran took keep watch over of the 3 islands of Abu Musa, the Higher Tunb and the Lesser Tunb after British forces withdrew in 1971. It considers them an “inseparable” a part of its territory. The UAE additionally claims the 3 islands and has lengthy pressed for a negotiated resolution.
The 3 islands dominate the option to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway by which about one-fifth of the arena’s oil provide passes.
Iran says the islands had been a part of Persian states from antiquity up till they had been occupied by means of the British within the early twentieth century. It additionally says an settlement reached with Sharjah, one of the crucial UAE’s seven emirates, offers it the suitable to manage Abu Musa and station troops there.
There is not any such settlement at the different two islands. The UAE says they belonged to the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah till Iran seized them by means of power days ahead of the Emirati federation used to be shaped.
