A group of Iranians living in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday, November 10, holding the national flag of Shirkhorshid, gathered in protest against Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's support for the United Arab Emirates' claim to Iran's ownership of the three islands. This gathering was held in response to the joint statement by Mark Carney and Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, issued on Wednesday, November 7. In this statement, both sides supported the claim of the United Arab Emirates regarding the ownership of the Big Tanev, Small Tanev and Abu Musa islands, and their belonging to the three islands. United Arab Emirates". Meanwhile, Iran asserts its sovereignty over the three islands.
The publication of this statement was met with protests by Iranians living in Canada. On Saturday, November 9, the Congress of Iranians in Canada published a letter addressed to Mark Carney, saying that the claim made about Iran's occupation of the three islands is contrary to Iran's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and demanded that the Canadian government's position be corrected. At the same time, Iranians widely protested the Canadian government's position on social media by sharing online petitions and demanded an official explanation, a correction of the Canadian government's position and an apology to the Iranian people.