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| Iran slams UAE police over 'mistreatment of Iranian tourists' |
| 2008-09-02 |
| Iran has sharply criticized the disrespectful approach of the United Arab Emirate's (UAE) airport officials toward Iranian visitors. The Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the UAE's Chargé d'Affaires to protest the Emirate police's mistreatment of Iranian tourists. Foreign Ministry's General Director of Iranian Expatriates, Mohammad-Javad Rasouli, censured the UAE for numerous instances of offensive behavior and wrongful arrest of Iranians. The UAE Chargé d'Affaires, for his part, said that he would relay Iran's message to the UAE officials to help resolve the problem. Tehran and Abu Dhabi are at loggerheads over the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs which are located near key shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf. While the UAE claims sovereignty over the territory, it is noteworthy that international documents indicate the islands, which were historically owned by Iran, temporarily fell under British control. The three islands were returned to Iran on November 30, 1971 through a legal process before the state of the United Arab Emirates was created. According to international regulations, no state can defy any agreements, which came into being before its creation unless such agreements had been officially declared as null and void by the newly created state. |
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