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Iran recalls ambassador to Iraq PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 09 May 2008

United Press International

ImageTEHRAN, May 8 (UPI) -- Iran recalled its ambassador to Iraq in protest of Baghdad's support for a move by the United Arab Emirates to take ownership of three Persian Gulf islands.

The Emirates News Agency, WAM, said April 28 that the Iraqi government expressed "unconditional support" for the Emirates' sovereignty over the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa islands, which lie at a key access point to the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran claimed control over the islands following the departure of British forces in 1971. UAE officials say Iran is an illegal occupier of the islands.

The official Emirates news agency said "Iraq supports all procedures" for the UAE to reclaim the islands.

Iran summoned Ambassador Majid al-Shaikh to Tehran in protest, The Tehran Times said.

"The Iraqi government was also asked to correct its position," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said.

Iran plans to take the matter to the international court at The Hague.





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Iran's nuclear standoff
  • Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 11 – A "technical delegation" from the United Nations nuclear watchdog will told a new round of talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, the official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

  • Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 10 - Iran has presented a package of nuclear proposals to the West in a bid to counter a similar offer to be made by major world powers to Tehran to convince it to abandon its controversial nuclear activities.

  • AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

  • AFP: The five major nuclear powers on Friday put up a concerted proliferation front against Iran, insisting that its nuclear programme remains a grave concern.

  • Reuters: The five major nuclear-armed powers said on Friday the Non-Proliferation Treaty was under threat and cited Iran's uranium enrichment campaign in a rare joint call for action to shore up the NPT.

  • AFP: The United States on Thursday ruled out sending a US envoy to Tehran to present a new offer from the big powers to persuade Iran to halt uranium enrichment.

  • CNN: The United States has signed off on a European plan that would offer increased incentives for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program, senior State Department officials said Thursday.

  • Reuters: Russia has signed into law United Nations economic sanctions that world powers agreed to in March, according to a presidential decree published by the Kremlin on Thursday.

  • The Guardian: Iran said yesterday that it is to present the international community with a new package of proposals aimed at breaking the diplomatic deadlock over the country's nuclear programme.

  • AP: Senior envoys from five of the six nations bargaining with Iran over its disputed nuclear program may try to get talks moving by making a special face-to-face appeal, U.S. and European officials said Wednesday.

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