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Last update - 00:00 21/08/2008
Arab official: Iran presence on Gulf island as unacceptable as Israeli occupation
By Reuters
Tags: Iran, Israel, UAE

A Gulf Arab official on Thursday denounced Iran's installation of offices on a disputed island in the strategic Gulf waterway and compared its presence there to Israel's occupation of Arab land.

"It is not permissible for states to occupy the territories of others as is known in the case of the dispute between the Arabs and the Israelis," the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, secretary-general of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as saying.

Abu Musa and the Lesser and Greater Tunbs, located near key shipping lanes in the Gulf, are controlled by non-Arab Iran but claimed by the United Arab Emirates with broad Arab support.
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The UAE summoned Iran's charge d'affaires last week to protest against Iran's establishment of maritime offices on one of the islands and said the move should be reversed.

In May, the UAE protested against Iran's dismissal of the three-decade-old territorial dispute as a misunderstanding and said Iran was occupying its islands in the strategic Gulf. A UAE source compared Iran's actions at the time to the Israeli occupation of Arab lands.

An Arab League summit in March pledged support for the UAE, calling for a peaceful resolution to the dispute in the Gulf, a crucial outlet for world crude oil supply, which it said would help improve relations between the Arab world and Iran.

Despite the territorial dispute, the two Gulf neighbours have strong trade ties and officials exchange visits.
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  1.   UAE Is Incapable of Doing Anything Against Iran-Shia Expansionism 15:32  |  Joseph.E 21/08/08
  2.   The new Persian Empire 16:15  |  Joe Camel 21/08/08
  3.   # 1 joseph 16:50  |  Axel 21/08/08
  4.   arabs might as well get used to it,the persian empire has just 16:54  |  terrornator 21/08/08
  5.   Arab official`s remarks. 16:55  |  David Nigel Braham 21/08/08
  6.   Tell me it isnt so..... 17:24  |  Dr Noam 21/08/08
  7.   according to ballestic,"iran hasn`t attacked another country for 17:40  |  terrornator 21/08/08
  8.   Hello? clue to Israel -- don`t attack Iran! 19:40  |  Pablo B 21/08/08
  9.   #8 Pablo B - wrong talkback 20:28  |  Pablo B 21/08/08
  10.   to Axel#3 20:44  |  Ilya 21/08/08
  11.   #3 A German talks about expansionism? Remember the German dream.. 21:04  |  Alain 21/08/08
  12.   # 10 ilya 21:22  |  Axel 21/08/08
  13.   Imagine conflict, created by the US 21:53  |  Trust me 21/08/08
  14.   These 3 Island has always been a part of Persia 21:53  |  Persian Hero 21/08/08
  15.   # 7terror you full of it 22:03  |  wh 21/08/08
  16.   To Israelis 22:07  |  Iranian 21/08/08
  17.   Military Confrontation Unnecessary 22:11  |  Mark of Lewiston 21/08/08
  18.   #10 llay 22:11  |  wh 21/08/08
  19.   A glimpse of a future ME dominated by a nuclear Iran. 22:29  |  common sense 21/08/08
  20.   To the Persian Hero. Please explain to me why- 22:37  |  Missing something? 21/08/08
  21.   Pablo B #8 01:15  |  schafe82 22/08/08
  22.   To Israelis from Iranian 01:25  |  schafe82 22/08/08
  23.   Hello! Clue to Pablum B(aby) 01:58  |  Akiva P 22/08/08
  24.   Iranian # 16 03:36  |  Philippe 22/08/08
  25.   And exactly what inconvenience 06:28  |  Mark Lincoln 22/08/08
  26.   to #6 11:57  |  Amin 22/08/08
  27.   GULF 16:25  |  Danial 22/08/08
  28.   Three Islands belong to Iran, never doubt it 19:44  |  Shahin 22/08/08
  29.   # 27 Shahin 03:57  |  An Arab 23/08/08
  30.   Persian Hero 04:03  |  An Arab in America 23/08/08
  31.   Joseph # 1 04:09  |  Arab 23/08/08
  32.   david n b 5 22:11  |  potobac 23/08/08
  33.   RE: Philippe 24 and to Israelis 02:32  |  Iranian 24/08/08
  34.   #33 and Arab 04:57  |  Iranian Patriot 24/08/08
  35.   Iran 21:38  |  Vahe Adamian 19/12/08
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