The chairman of the Iranian Parliament�s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee rapped the Russian position regarding Iran�s trio islands in the Persian Gulf, saying such a stance is not in the interest of bilateral relations.






�I would like to address our friends in Russia; our stance on the baseless and threadbare claims of the UAE regarding the Iranian islands is clear, but irrelevant positions against Iran in Moscow are not in the interest of bilateral relations. Iranian support for Moscow is conditional,� Vahid Jalalzadeh said in a tweet on Wednesday.

The warning came after Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov was summoned to Iran's Foreign Ministry following a joint statement issued by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council P(GCC) and Russia, regarding the Iranian islands of the Greater and Lesser Tumbs and Abu Musa.

In their final statement at the end of the sixth joint ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between the (P)GCC and the Russian Federation in Moscow, council members reiterated their support for all peaceful efforts, including the United Arab Emirates� initiative to resolve the issue of the Iranian islands through negotiations and based on international law.

The three Persian Gulf islands have historically been part of Iran, proof of which can be found and corroborated by an abundance of historical, legal, and geographical documents in Iran and worldwide. However, the UAE has repeatedly laid unfounded claim to the islands.

Iranian officials have made it clear the Islamic Republic will never compromise on its sovereignty.

By IRNA