According to IRNA correspondent in London, following the publication of remarks by British Foreign Secretary Ivan Lewis during a House of Commons discussion in which he had defended the UAE's unfounded claims on Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Moussa, as well as his incomplete pronunciation of the sacred name of the always the Persian Gulf, our country's embassy forwarded a protest message to the British Foreign Ministry condemning the British diplomat's antagonist approach towards Iran's most legitimate national interests.

In the protest letter, referring to the discussions made at the British House of Commons over the three Iranian islands, it is stressed that the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf are inseparable parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while Britain's stands are obvious interference in Iran's legitimate rule over its homeland and intriguing a third party to violate our nation's territorial integrity, and therefore totally null and void.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has meanwhile referring to the registered documents of the United Nations, emphatically asked the British officials to refer to the Persian Gulf's name using its full authentic name.