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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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