"The islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf are inseparable parts of the pure land of Iran and belong to this motherland forever," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a post on his Twitter account on Saturday.
Amir-Abdollahian emphasized that Iran would never compromise with any country on the importance of respecting the Islamic Republic's territorial integrity.
The top Iranian diplomat was reacting to a joint statement issued by China and states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) at the end of their summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
The strategically-positioned islands of Abu Musa, the Lesser Tunb, and the Greater Tunb have always been part of Iran, the proof of which can be corroborated by countless historical, legal, and geographical documents in Iran and other parts of the world.
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