Iran says remarks of top army officer on Persian Gulf quoted falsely
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
1390/02/13
05-03-2011
13:31:57
News Code :9002-08393
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian charge d'affaires to Kuwait Mohammad Shahabi said remarks of Iranian top military officer have been quoted distortedly and falsely.
"Remarks of Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, General Hassan Firouzabadi on Persian Gulf have been quoted falsely," Shahabi said in a statement.
"There is no word in speech of Firouzabadi suggesting that Persian Gulf belongs to Iran," the Iranian diplomat added in the statement.
He then highlighted the necessity of respecting countries' right of sovereignty and avoiding interference in countries' domestic affairs.
Some media have recently claimed that Firouzabadi had said that, "Persian Gulf has belonged to Iran forever."
Some Arab states and the US have recently accused Iran of meddling in affairs of certain states including Syria and Bahrain.
Iran strongly denies the baseless allegations and insists that it keeps out of countries' internal issues.
Iran has strongly criticized Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait's military intervention in Bahrain aimed to help crack down on a Shiite-led uprising there.
Iran says it gives "moral support" to Bahrainis but is not involved in the protests there.
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