ISNA | Amirhosein Khorgooi: Abu Musa Island is the southernmost Iranian island in the Persian Gulf waters and is one of the most pleasant and humid regions of the body of water. The island is located 222 kilometres from Bandar Abbas and 75 kilometres from Bandar Lengeh. It is 60 kilometres north of the UAEs Sharjah and 160 kilometres from the Strait ...

AFP - Iran' Revolutionary Guards have seized a ship suspected of fuel-smuggling and arrested 16 Malaysian crew members, state media reported on Monday. The website of IRIB state television said the Guards confiscated 1.3 million litres of "smuggled fuel" from the unnamed vessel 15 nautical miles from Abu Musa island. The ship's 16 crew who are ...

FNA - The Iranian foreign ministry on Saturday lashed out at UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan for his claims and allegations against Iran, advising him to take note of the situation in Yemen to realize the true meaning of interference. "The allegations raised by the UAE official against the Islamic Republic of Iran are lies and ...

IRNA � Hormuzgan Border Commander at Hormuzgan colonel Ali Mirshamsi said on Wednesday that two spies under the guise of tourist were arrested at Abu Musa Island in the second half of the Iranian year. The arrested spies are Iranian nationals and were equipped with espionage apparatus. They were arrested by the Iranian border guards.

IRNA Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi on Wednesday urged the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council to avoid repetition of unfounded charges against Iran and interference in Iranian domestic affairs and not to fan flames of sectarian and religious divide. Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs are inseparable parts of Iran's ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham reaffirmed Irans sovereignty over the three Persian Gulf islands, stressing that these islands are an inseparable part of the Iranian territory.   Afkham on Tuesday dismissed the Arab Leagues statement on the three Persian Gulf Islands of the Greater Tunb, Lesser ...

Tehran, May 6, IRNA Reacting to recent statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) in Riyadh, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Mussa islands comprise an indispensible part of Iran's territory. 'Repeating such claims has no effect on historical facts and are null and void,' said ...

Tehran, April 25, IRNA - Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili paid a visit to Iran's defense sites in the three Iranian Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs. He had also a visit to Pourdast Air Defense Base in Bandar Abbas port. General Esmaili during the visit praised ...

According toFars, Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters in his weekly press conference onTuesday that we have repeatedly announced that the issue of the trio islands is related to our countrys national sovereignty, and underlined that presindent Ahmadinejad was entitled to visit Abu Musa due to Irans national sovereignty ...

Iranian commander of the Army's Ground Forces said that deploying of US missile shield in the region was based on Iranphobia policy by US government propaganda. IRNAquoted commander of the Iranian Armys Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan as saying onWednesday night in a ceremony to mark the Army Day, the stationing of US missile ...

[caption id="attachment_91427" align="alignright" width="233"] Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham condemned the recent allegations raised by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) about Irans three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy commander said the Islamic Republic will not lose even a single day to maintain and bolster its defense preparedness. Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi made the remarks in a meeting with a group of IRGC commanders on the Iranian island of Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf. He pointed ...

Abdullah isright to repeat theinvitation to Tehran to either have bilateral talks or meet at international courts Iran has occupied three of the UAEs islands for decades and has refused the UAEs efforts to take the issue to a peaceful settlement in the international courts. Recently, Iran has started deliberately provoking the UAE over its occupation,...

DUBAI(Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates criticized on Monday a visit by Iranian lawmakers to Gulf islands near the Strait of Hormuz at the center of a territorial dispute between the two countries, who are both trade partners and strategic rivals. Tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in a Middle East shaken by two years of political turmoil ...

Managing Director of Iranian National Foundation of Computer Games Behrouz Minaei reiterated that the three Iranian islands located in Persian Gulf are inseparable part of Iran, adding that experts of the country have designed and produced computer games for strategic management and protection of the three islands. "Producing computer games with ...

[caption id="attachment_24644" align="alignright" width="300"] Map shows the location of Irans three islands of the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa.[/caption] A senior Iranian lawmaker says a parliamentary delegation will travel to the three Persian Gulf islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa on Wednesday. Members of the Majlis ...

Iranian officials condemned baseless claims made by the United Arab Emirates over the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb. Foreign ministers from the six [Persian]Gulf Cooperation Council nations held an emergency meeting Tuesday in Qatarto discuss Ahmadinejads visit last week to Abu Musa, one of three Persian Gulf islands ...

Member of Commission on Councils and Parliament's Internal Politics announced that some MPs have developed a draft for the tourist and cultural province of Persian Gulf to be founded, FNA reported. Vali Esmaeili, Member of Commission on Councils and Parliament's Internal Politics stated that on the eve of National Day of Persian Gulf, Iranian lawmakers ...