Survival: By supporting the absurd claim of the United Arab Emirates, Canada pulls the branch it sits on A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran rejected the baseless claim of the United Arab Emirates over the three islands and sharply criticized the repetition of this false claim by the Prime Minister of Canada. The history of Abu Musa, Big Tanev and Little Tanev belongs to Iran, thousands of years before the establishment of the Emirates in 1971. How can Canada, which has defended its territorial integrity against American threats and ambitions for more than two centuries, take sides in this bogus conflict? Is territorial integrity only important to Canada when its own sovereignty is at stake? With this position, this country is effectively removing the branch on which it sits.

Survival: By supporting the absurd claim of the United Arab Emirates, Canada pulls the branch it sits on A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran rejected the baseless claim of the United Arab Emirates over the three islands and sharply criticized the repetition of this false claim by the Prime Minister of Canada. The history of Abu Musa, Big Tanev and Little Tanev belongs to Iran, thousands of years before the establishment of the Emirates in 1971. How can Canada, which has defended its territorial integrity against American threats and ambitions for more than two centuries, take sides in this bogus conflict? Is territorial integrity only important to Canada when its own sovereignty is at stake? With this position, this country is effectively removing the branch on which it sits.