Rapporteur of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini dismissed United Arab Emirates statement about routine visit of Iranian officials to three Iranian Islands in the Persian Gulf.
He said that the Iranian officials and lawmakers' visit to the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf has nothing to do with other countries.
He made the remarks in response to illogical remarks by some UAE officials.
The three islands are inseparable parts of Iran's soil and issues regarding them have nothing to do with other countries, he said.
He added that Iranian officials visit the three Iranian islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Mussa just as they visit other parts of Iranian territory.
Naqavi Hosseini said that members of parliament have planned to visit the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf on the sidelines of Persian Gulf National Conference which is due to be held in the port city of Bandar Abbas.
International documents clearly show that the three islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa which were historically owned by Iran, temporarily fell to British control in 1903. The islands were returned to Iran based on an agreement in 1971 before the UAE was born.
Iran has repeatedly declared that its ownership of the three islands is unquestionable.
Under international law, no state can defy any agreement, which came into being before its establishment.
Yet, the UAE continues to make territorial claims against the Islamic Republic despite historical evidence and international regulations.
