MADRID, September 23 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Iran’s Foreign Ministry reported that it had summoned the Swiss diplomatic representative in Tehran – Iran does not have diplomatic relations with the United States – to protest a joint statement by the Gulf Cooperation Council and the United States recognizing the sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates. (UAE) over three disputed islands.

The text includes “baseless accusations against Iran and unacceptable claims to territorial sovereignty” over the islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, located in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s official IRNA news agency.

The Chargé d’Affaires of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran appeared at the Foreign Ministry headquarters and expressed Iran’s “strong protest and condemnation of the “provocative actions” of the United States.

“Iran will not allow the United States to continue exploiting the region’s wealth and resources,” Tehran added in its note, condemning America’s “Iranophobia.”

The islands historically belonged to Iran, although they came under British control in 1903. They were returned to the country under a treaty signed in 1971, shortly before the UAE was created as a country after gaining independence from Britain.

However, Britain’s official position was to ensure that sovereignty rested with Sarjah, one of the emirates that make up the UAE, which later reached an agreement with Iran stating that it would retain sovereignty, but Tehran could station troops in the region. The same. Oil profits will be shared. While deploying troops, Iran, which was then under the rule of Shah Reza Pahlavi, also occupied the islands of Tunb Besar and Tunb Kecil.