NNA -nbsp;Iran on Wednesday summoned the Russian ambassador in Tehran to protest a recent statement by Gulf countries and Moscow on three islands controlled by Iran but claimed by the United Arab Emirates.nbsp;
On Monday, foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council and Russia held talks and called for quot;a peaceful solutionquot; to the issue of the Greater and Lesser Tunb islands and Abu Musa.nbsp;
On Wednesday, Iran#39;s foreign ministry said it summoned Russia#39;s ambassador Alexey Dedov and voiced the Islamic republic#39;s quot;objections on the content of the statement.quot;nbsp;
It further quot;called for a correction of the Russian Federation#39;s stance on this issue.quot;nbsp;
The three strategic islands mdash; located in the Gulf near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil output passes mdash; have for years been a source of contention between the UAE and Iran.nbsp; — AFP
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