#Lesser Tunb

[30ahchaleh]

The three islands of Iran

Triple Islands

جزایر سه گانه ایرانی واقع در خلیج فارس

چه از منظر کهن به این جزایر سه گانه نگاه شود چه از دیدگاه نوین تقسیمات کشوری پس از جنگ های جهانی ، در ایرانی بودن آن شکی نیست و مدرک برای اثبات آن فراوان

پس

هزاره! گویی در موضوعی چنین واض�� برای کسانی که خود را به خواب نشیدن زده‌اند هدف من نیست

میخواهم بگویم

تمام کشورهای عضو دائم "شورای امنیت! سازمان ملل! متحد" یعنی آمریکا، چین، روسیه ، انگلیس و فرانسه

که هر کدام به نوعی مالکیت ایران بر این جزایر را زیر سوال برده اند

و بد تر از آن

اتحادیه اروپا در بیانیه خود آورده است:«از ایران می‌خواهیم به “اشغال” سه جزیره تنب بزرگ، تنب کوچک و ابوموسی متعلق به امارات متحده عربی که نقض حاکمیت این کشور و منشور ملل متحد است، پایان دهد.»ـ

خودشان چه اشغالگرانی هستند که اول باید به اشغالگری خودشان در دنیا پایان دهند ، آن وقت مدعی صلاحیت دار بودن در امر داوری و قضاوت شوند

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خلاصه میگویم بعد از پایان عصر استعمارگری ، کشورهای استعمارگر "مجبور" به ترک کشورهایی شدن که اشغال کرده بودند حال این اجبار یا بخاطر مبارزه مردم آن سرزمین ها بود یا به واسطه ی فشار کشورهای رقیب

اما در جاهایی که این دو عامل اصلی برای ترک وجود نداشت یا کم رنگ بود هنوز که هنوزه لنگر اشغال انداخته‌اند

آنها برای واژه اشغال خود اصطلاحی را باب کردن به نام

overseas territories

قلمروهای فرادریایی

یعنی سرزمین هایی که نه تنها خارج از کشور خودشان است بلکه حتی خارج از آب های مرتبط به کشور شان است

به دو نقشه فرانسه و انگلیس نگاه کنید

France

England

قسمت قرمز کشور اصلی میباشد

اما

دایره ها مناطقی هستند در دنیا که این دو کشور آن را جزو کشور خود کرده‌اند اگر دقت کنید آنها حتی قطب جنوب را هم اشغال کرده‌اند اما به واسطه فشار کشورهای رقیب این اشغال طبق قوانینی میباشد

انگلیس حتی برای جزایر فالکلند که نزدیک آرژانتین و بسیار بسیار دور تر از انگلیس میباشد با آرژانتین جنگ کرده است و اکنون آن جزیره را بخاطر پیروزی در جنگ تحت کنترل دارد

جزایر مالویناس نامی است که آرژانتینی ها روی این جزایر گذاشته‌اند

America

بگذریم از اینکه کشوری با نام آمریکا ذاتا خودش از اشغال به وجود آمد

اما طبق نقشه بالا آنها هم مثل دو کشور قبلی جاهایی از دنیا را گرفته اند که دارای مردمی بومی بودند پس شامل واژه "کشف" نمیشود ، بلکه دقیقا اشغال است

و

بد تر از آن آمریکا اصطلاح دیگری را کنار اصطلاح قبلی درست کرد به این شکل

Incorporated vs. unincorporated territories

یعنی برای مردم آن سرزمین اشغالی

ـ« حقوق اساسی طبق قانون اعمال می‌شود، اما سایر حقوق اساسی در دسترس نیست » !!!ـ

Russia

روسیه فعلی با همان ذات شوروی وار خود اکنون مشغول اشغال اوکراین است و قبل تر هم در جنگی با چچن های مسلمان توانسته بودن سرزمین آنها را اشغال کند البته جزیره کریمه را نیز جزو اشغال نوین خود در کارنامه دارد

این "روسیه" که میبینید تازه چهره جدید شوروی اشغالگر است

China

شاید تنها تعجب من از چین باشد که خود زخم خورده اشغالگری عصر استعمارگران بوده و هنگ کنگ و تایوان را به شکلی موثر از دست داده است و در چند جزیره دیگرش درگیر بازپس گیری از کشورهای دور برش میباشد

اما منفعت این چیزها سرش نمیشود منفعت فعلی چین و آن چهار کشور دیگر امروزه در این است که این جزایر ایرانی را به اماراتی ها بدهند

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اما

گوششان شنوا و چشمشان بینا که این خواب ، کابوسی خواهد شد برای همه ی مردم جهان

پس بهتر است آن اشتباه تقسیم نابخردانه و حیله گرانه ی کشور عثمانی پس از پیروزی در جنگ را دوباره مرتکب نشوند

انسان های شریف دنیا هنوز که هنوزه درد میکشند از آن بی تدبیری و ساده انگاری شما که دوباره بیدار کردین آن غول بکش بکش را در این منطقه وقتی قرن ها پس از جنگهای صلیبی بخواب رفته بود

بنابراین بهتر است اول آن خرابکاری تان را درست کنید نه آنکه چیز درستی را خراب

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اماراتی ها هم بهتر است از این قصه ها در تاریخ درس بگیرند و به این اندیشه کنند که نکند این به اصطلاح گرداندگان دنیا به این نتیجه رسیده اند که توسعه در امارات بس است و حال باید خرابی را تجربه کند

همان پوست موزی که سال ۱۳۵۷ زیر پای مردم ناآگاه ایران انداختند

و در آخر سوال من از

جناب "شیخ محمد بن راشد آل مکتوم" ،آیا قصه توماس ادوارد لورنس را خوانده ای با وعده وعید هایی به این سبک آشنایی؟

آیا فکر میکنی دوران انواع "برج" خریدن ها برای امارات تمام شده و حالا نوبت خرید انواع "گنبد" ها رسیده ؟

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There are no current indications that Iran is weaponizing its nuclear program, but the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised concerns that Tehran might finally cross the threshold. How might a nuclear-capable Iran behave? Experts offer differing perspectives on its potential regional and global impact.

Most famously, historian Bernard Lewis argued on Aug. 8, 2006, that Iran would launch a nuclear first strike on Israel on Aug. 22. On the Islamic calendar, this date corresponded with the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s flight on the winged horse Buraq to “‘the farthest mosque,’ usually identified with Jerusalem.” For Lewis, Iranian leaders were irrational “mad mullahs” and could not be deterred because of their apocalyptic worldview.

In another provocative view that raised much attention, political scientist Kenneth N. Waltz argued in a 2012 Foreign Affairs article that fears of an Iranian nuclear bomb had been “grossly” exaggerated and that Iranian leaders would act more cautiously if they got the ultimate weapon. From Waltz’s perspective, Iranian leaders were rational actors who were merely interested in their own survival. Waltz went on to argue that a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the Middle East by making Iran more secure.

While Lewis’s apocalyptic predictions were alarmist and fundamentally misread the Iranian leadership, Waltz’s relaxed view is overly optimistic. Ray Takeyh, meanwhile, argued in 2021 that acquiring nuclear weapons would pose the greatest challenge to the Islamic Republic itself, undermining its security. Experts have also argued that the conflict in Gaza could provide the motive and opportunity for Iran to finally cross the nuclear threshold and develop a nuclear arsenal.

The reality lies somewhere in between Waltz’s optimism and Lewis’s inaccurate read. Over time, the Iranian leadership has shown a consistent pattern of rational calculation when it comes to its strategic decisions, including its nuclear program. For instance, when the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, leaders calculated that proliferation attempts could put Iran on the U.S. target list and thus abandoned the country’s weaponization efforts. This pragmatism is reflected in a 2011 report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that concluded that “owing to growing concerns about the international security situation in Iraq and neighbouring countries at that time,” Iran had stopped its work on nuclear weapons in late 2003.

However, the Iranian leadership’s rationality does not mean pacifism. Having ensured its survival, a nuclear-armed Iran would act more confidently on the international stage and could pose new challenges to the security of the region.

For starters, a nuclear weapon arsenal—even if modest—would dramatically enhance Iran’s ability to assert its power in the Persian Gulf. This waterway, a priority for both the Pahlavi monarchy and the Islamic Republic, is crucial to Iran’s national security. Following the British navy’s withdrawal in 1971, the Shah swiftly asserted Iran’s control over the key islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunbs as well as Abu Musa. In 1976, he stated that “the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz in truth constitute Iran’s lifeline. If this area were in any way threatened, our very life would be endangered.” From his perspective, foreign forces in the Persian Gulf posed a direct threat to Iran’s security.

The leadership of the Islamic Republic shares this strategic outlook. Former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has echoed the Shah’s sentiments, stating that the Persian Gulf is a “vital lifeline and thus a national security priority for Iran [and that] any extraregional presence is by definition a source of insecurity.” Iranian forces have frequently harassed U.S. Navy ships in what they view as their own backyard, underscoring Tehran’s continued opposition to any foreign military presence in the region.

With a nuclear deterrent, Iran could more assertively press its territorial claims, such as forcing the United Arab Emirates to back down from its dispute over the Tunbs and Abu Musa and threatening international shipping if its own interests were threatened. Furthermore, nuclear weapons would allow Iran to confront U.S. and other foreign forces in the Persian Gulf with greater confidence, as the threat of nuclear escalation could deter military retaliation.

Iran’s relationship with Israel, in particular, continues to be adversarial. Despite the harsh rhetoric, however, the Iranian leadership is cognizant of Israel’s conventional superiority and nuclear advantage. When, in April, Israel attacked Iran’s diplomatic facility in Damascus, killing an Iranian military commander, Iran responded by launching several hundred ballistic missiles and drones—some of which penetrated the Israeli missile defense system. Yet Iran deliberately downplayed Israel’s retaliatory response, which targeted an air defense system near the city of Isfahan, to avoid a broader conflict with Israel and by extension the United States.

A nuclear-armed Iran would significantly reshape this dynamic. Nuclear weapons could erode Israel’s long-standing monopoly by significantly increasing Iran’s standing in the region. At the same time, they could also exacerbate the ongoing low-intensity conflict between the two states, since both countries could rely on their nuclear arsenals to shield them from conventional escalation, a dynamic widely known as the stability-instability paradox.

Relatedly, nuclear weapons will have a bolstering effect on Iran’s relationship with its proxy forces, namely Hezbollah—one of the pillars of Iran’s defense strategy. This does not mean that Iran would transfer nuclear technology to its proxy force, as this could increase the potential use of nuclear weapons, undermining its own security. But nuclear weapons could reduce the risks and costs associated with supporting these groups, as foreign powers will be further discouraged from deterring Iran’s support for such groups.

More generally, nuclear weapons could reshape the Iranian leadership’s perception of the country’s “rightful” role in geopolitics. Its status as a nuclear power would significantly enhance Tehran’s diplomatic leverage, allowing it to seek security, political, and economic concessions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad captured this sentiment when he announced in 2006 that Iran had joined the world’s “nuclear club” after successfully mastering the enrichment fuel cycle. Since abandoning its weaponization efforts in 2003, Iran has systematically deployed its expanding nuclear program to seek concessions from global powers that otherwise would not grant Iran a seat at the negotiation table. These include trade, commercial integration, and nuclear safety cooperation embedded in the text of the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Indeed, Iran’s nuclear expansion during this period was not driven by security factors but as a leveraging mechanism.

Nuclear weapons would also enable Iran to act more independently of its great-power partners—namely Russia, which is increasingly bringing Iran into its sphere of influence. In this context, nuclear weapons make a partnership with Russia less valuable because Iran would need less protection from Moscow. Nuclear weapons would reduce the costs for Iran to act independently of Russia and even improve ties with the West. This was captured in March 2022 by a Russian commentator who suggested that a nuclear-armed Iran would be far less dangerous than a pro-West Iran. Russia has in the past undermined Iran’s nuclear talks with the West to prevent normalization of that relationship. Iran’s support for Russia in Ukraine has come at a great cost to it.

Iran’s current leaders, like their predecessors, are strongly convinced that Iran is alone and surrounded by hostile states that given the opportunity would not treat Iran well. From Iran’s perspective, a nuclear option is not only a safeguard for its own national survival but also a strategic tool to compel global powers to recognize its legitimate interests. In this sense, nuclear weapons for Iran would serve as the ultimate defense.

When China developed its nuclear arsenal in the 1960s, it too was seen as a “rogue” state, one that had previously fought the United States and actively undermined U.S. policies in its own region. Yet, over time, Washington found a way to coexist with a nuclear-armed China, eventually restoring diplomatic relations. History shows that even adversarial nuclear states can be integrated into the global order, albeit with considerable caution and strategic engagement.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.30 (after 1960)

1962 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashes at Idlewild Airport, killing 25 people. 1966 – Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – Decolonization: South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. 1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. 1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000. 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) 1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm. 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". 1999 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. 1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. 2000 – NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission. 2004 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Lion Air Flight 538, overran the runway and crashed, killing 25 people. 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. 2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. 2021 – Barbados becomes a republic. 2021 – A 15-year-old gunman murders four students and injures seven people, including a teacher, in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan. 2022 – The AI chatbot ChatGPT is launched by OpenAI.

[havenhomes]

Properties for Sale in Ras Al Khaimah: Discover Top Listings and Deals

 Properties for Sale in Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah is one of the seven emirates that form the United Arab Emirates, situated in the southernmost part of the Arabian Peninsula. The emirate enjoys a strategic location along the Arabian Gulf, with a coastline stretching for 64 kilometers. It is governed by Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, and its capital city is Ras Al Khaimah. The population is estimated at around 345,000 people.

Ras Al Khaimah has a diverse economy and is the fourth largest emirate in terms of area within the UAE. It became part of the United Arab Emirates in 1972. The emirate includes several islands, such as Red Island and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, which are subject to a territorial dispute with Iran.

Historically, Ras Al Khaimah was a center for scholarly activity, attracting prominent scholars from Saudi Arabia, particularly from the Najd region, during the British military campaign in 1819. The economy of the emirate has traditionally been based on agriculture, along with fishing and pearl diving. Other notable activities include sheep farming and industries such as wooden shipbuilding.

[summary-egypt]

Iran ignites the Gulf and begins massive military maneuvers with the arrival of American forces in the Persian Gulf

And starting with Iran, which decided to respond to the American move by sending marines and naval vessels to the Persian Gulf. Where the Iranian Ministry of Defense announced the implementation of massive air maneuvers in the desert of Isfahan Province for field training to wage air battles against the enemy, in reference to the American F-16 fighters that reached the grip of the American Central Command in the Persian Gulf.

On the other hand, a diplomatic crisis erupted between Iran and Russia against the backdrop of the joint Russian statement with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council on the need to return to the negotiating table to resolve the crisis of the three islands (Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa), which Iran has occupied since the early 1970s and refuses to return them to the United Arab Emirates. Reports also said that Iran canceled the Sukhoi 35 deal with the Russian Ministry of Defense, in a surprising move after months of Iranian celebration of the deal, which amounted to preparing a mountain air base to receive it.

This new episode of Samari channel devotes its time to discussing the tense US-Iranian relations in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. The US Central Command in the Gulf (Centcom) announced receiving F-16 fighters from the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) in addition to 2,000 US Marines to further secure the Strait of Hormuz against the repeated Iranian detention of oil tankers transiting Hormuz.  #Saudi Arabia #The UAE #Iran

[cyberbenb]

Relations between Russia and Iran hit a rough patch

Relations between the two best friends , Iran and Russia, began to deteriorate. The reasons for this were two factors. The first is the territorial claims of the Islamic Republic to three islands in the Strait of Hormuz.

On Monday, July 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with colleagues from the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Kingdom of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Secretary General of the organization Jassim Al-Budaiwi. The parties signed a statement, one of the points of which caused indignation in Iran: in the communiqué, Russia supported the position of the UAE in relation to the islands of Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, which the emirates consider illegally seized by Iran.

Two days later, the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic summoned the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Alexei Dedov, and voiced a protest. The Ministry demanded that Russia changed its position on this issue. Iranian Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehghan said that only Tehran has rights to the islands, and this is topic is not up for discussions. Some Iranian experts even called on Tehran to reconsider relations with Moscow.

Another contentious issue between Mosco and Tehran is the delivery of Su-35 fighter jets which Iran bought from Russia.

Two years ago, during Hassan Rouhani's second presidential term, Tehran ordered 50 fighter jets from Moscow. Russia promised to fulfill the contract by 2023. However, as the commander of the Iranian Air Force, Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, said in an interview with Iranian state television, the money was given, but there are no planes.

"As for the purchase of Su-35 fighters, we need them, but we do not know when they will be received by our squadron," he said.

Tehran needs new fighter jets to upgrade its air force fleet, which mainly consists of American aircraft that were in service before the 1979 revolution.

To speed up deliveries of the Su-35, Iran agreed last year to deliver hundreds of drones to Russia for strikes on Ukrainian cities. However, now Iranian officials do not expect Moscow to keep its word, writes the news outlet Bourse & Bazaar.

One of the interlocutors of the newspaper, a former diplomat, said that Iranian hardliners "fell into the trap", considering themselves equal partners of Russia since "Russians are lining up up to buy weapons from them." According to him, the delivery of drones contributed to the political isolation of Iran, giving Western officials the impression of deepening cooperation between Moscow and Tehran against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

Iran believes that one of the possible reasons for the delay in the delivery of the Su-35 is the influence of Israel. In June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Russian authorities that he was extremely concerned about Moscow's growing military cooperation with Tehran, news website Axios wrote, citing Israeli MPs.

"While officials in Tehran continue to seek a partnership with Russia, it is becoming increasingly clear that Russian officials see their relationship with Iran as nothing more than a card that can be played according to their needs," BourseBazaar writes.

At the same time, Russian experts believe that disputes between countries are unlikely to bring to naught all initiatives that are beneficial to them.

[nbmsports]

Iran at odds with allied Russia after Moscow backs UAE in island dispute

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesTehran summoned Russia's ambassador on Wednesday over a Moscow-endorsed statement on three Gulf islands disputed by Iran and the United Arab Emirates.The three isles of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are claimed by both Tehran and the UAE, but have been held by Iran since 1971 — during the time of the UAE's formation, after gaining independence from Britain.The UAE renewed demands for the three islands, with UAE Minister of State for International Co-Operation Reem al-Hashimy telling the U.N. General Assembly in September last year that "despite the UAE's sincere calls to peacefully resolve this conflict over the past five decades, we stress here that Iran has not responded. We will never relent in voicing our claim to these islands either through direct negotiations or through the International Court of Justice, as is our legitimate right."The UAE joins fellow economic Middle East heavyweights Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Following a ministerial meeting in Moscow on Monday, Russia and the GCC released a joint statement that urged a diplomatic solution to the territorial dispute.  "The ministers affirmed their support for all peaceful efforts, including the initiative of the United Arab Emirates and its endeavours to reach a peaceful solution to the issue of the three islands, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, through bilateral negotiations or the International Court of Justice, in accordance with the rules of international law and the United Nations Charter, to resolve this issue is in accordance with international legitimacy," it said, according to the state-owned Saudi Press Agency. Iran recognized the compulsory jurisdiction of the U.N.'s International Court of Justice late last month.Tehran's ministry of foreign affairs rejected the statement on Tuesday."These islands belong to Iran forever and issuing such statements is in contradiction with the friendly relations between Iran and its neighbors," said Nasser Kanaani, spokesperson for the Iran's ministry of foreign affairs."The Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes the continuation of the policy of good neighborliness and mutual respect, and considers the development and stability of the region to be the collective responsibility of the countries of the region."Iranian officials called on Russia to correct its position on the territorial row, according to the state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency. The Russian and Iranian foreign ministries did not immediately respond to CNBC requests for comment.Western sanctions and a dwindling pool of trade partners have brought Moscow and Tehran into a partnership of convenience since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops deploy — including in the latest overnight air strikes against Kyiv — Iranian-made Shahed drones in the conflict in Ukraine. Iran denies supplying such weapons to Russia for this purpose. The two nations also cooperate militarily in the conflict in Syria.Moscow is not Iran's only key partner to wade into hot waters over the three Gulf islands dispute. In December, the ambassador of major Iranian oil buyer China was likewise summoned by Tehran, after Beijing signed a GCC statement that claimed "support for all peaceful efforts, including the initiative and endeavours of the United Arab Emirates to reach a peaceful solution to the issue of the three islands; Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa, through bilateral negotiations in accordance with the rules of international law, and to resolve this issue in accordance with international legitimacy." Source link Read the full article

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Am I the only person who, because of this website, has learned a surprising amount about the Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands?

[eurasian-research]

In his speech at the 76th UN General Debate, the representative of the United Arab Emirates. Minister of State Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, launched an attack on Iran mentioning the situation of the islands of Great Tunb (تنب بزر.), Lesser Tunb (تنبوو.) and Abu Musa (ابوموسی). These 3 islands, of which only Abu Musa has a permanent population, are located in the center of the Persian Gulf placed along naval routes.

Historically the 3 territories belonged to the ancient Persian empires of the Sassanids and Parthians but were lost to the Portuguese by the 16th century when the Kingdom of Hormuz was conquered. It particularly owned Abu Musa, the other two islands being of little importance.

The UAE’s accusations, however, were not limited to this territorial issue but continued on other fronts such as Iranian interference in Arab affairs and the issue of nuclear negotiations and those concerning ballistic missiles. The issue of ballistic missiles was not a topic of interest for the “nuclear deal” but the Trump regime has tried to force Iran to give up this technology, something Tehran resolutely refuses. This toxic rhetoric has also been taken up by some states in the region.

The Iranian response came quickly regarding the territorial dispute. Payman Ghadirkhomi, Iranian diplomat and Secretary of Iran at the UN said today, September 28, the following:

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[khalid112414-blog]

Saddam Hussein - Character that made an impact on the news and on our lives

Khalid Saif AL-kaabi

ID: u112414

Date: April 1, 2018

Title: Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein the most famous person on Facebook and Twitter...!

Saddam Hussein did not miss the imagination of many people, despite 10 years of his execution.

According to a survey by the New York Times

The number of people who put images of the Iraqi president on the Facebook site is more than (64 million). They are also sharing daily pictures of President Saddam Hussein, and on "Twitter" the number of those who put pictures of the Iraqi president and circulate it is more than (43 million) people. The total is (107 million) people, which make the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the most famous character on social media.

The first important thing that made Saddam Hussein a famous and influential character in social media is his personality such as courage, stoning, fearless, and the conformity of action.

The most significant achievements

1.      Provide financial support and experts to Arab countries such as Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Mauritania without interest or conditions.

2.      Prioritize the deal within the Oil for Food and Drug Program with Arab countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco and others.

3.      Support the Palestinian cause and its heroic uprising.

4.      Not to abandon the slogan of liberating Palestine from the sea to the river.

5.      Create jobs for three million Egyptians and hundreds of thousands of Arabs in Iraq and consider them equal with Iraqis in rights rather than their duties.

6.      Protect the Arab Gulf from Iranian expansion.

7.      Defending the right of the United Arab Emirates to the three largest islands, the Lesser Tunb and the Lesser Tunb and the Umm Musa Island.

8.      To defend all Arab issues in international and Arab forums without reservation.

9.      Working hard to achieve Arab unity.

Understanding:-

-          People can create a huge impact in the news and in our life by sacrificing themselves for a cause that concerns many people in different areas.

-          People also can create an impact by their attractive personality which included in the way they talk and act about problems that take attention of the public opinion.

[federicowiner]

GREATER TUNB. UAE. www.ultradistancia.com Giclée print on archival fine art paper. 40x40cm. (54x54cm Framed) Editioned. #ultradistancia #ultradistanciaproject #federicowiner #googleearth #aerial #contemporaryart #aerialphotography #satellite #artwork #artgallery #fineart #arte #GREATERTUNB #iran #ABU DHABI #UAE #emirates #persiangulf #arabicgulf #artofvisuals #architecture #island #satellitephoto #artofvisuals #aov #killyourcity #global_hotshotz #exploretocreate #earthfocus #earthofficial @fwiner Featured: @googlemaps @_cacao_neon_ @adobe @fff.gram @larepubblica @huffingtonpost @huffpost_arts @creators_project @guardian @forbes @archdaily @corrieredellasera @designboom @gizmodo @fubiz @vice @time @googleartsculture @googlemaps (en Greater and Lesser Tunbs)

[dailysunnewspk-blog]

Arab League reaffirms UAE’s sovereignty over occupied islands Arab League condemns Iran’s continuation in perpetuating its occupation of UAE’s three islands Cairo: The Arab League Council of Foreign Ministers reiterated its emphasis on the absolute sovereignty of the UAE over its three islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Mousa, and expressed its support for all peaceful means and measures taken by the UAE to restore its sovereignty over the occupied islands.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.30 (after 1960)

1962 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashes at Idlewild Airport, killing 25 people. 1966 – Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – Decolonization: South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. 1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. 1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000. 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) 1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm. 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". 1999 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. 1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. 2000 – NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission. 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. 2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. 2021 – Barbados becomes a republic. 2021 – A 15-year-old gunman murders four students and injures seven people, including a teacher, in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.30

977 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege at Paris and withdraws. His rearguard is defeated while crossing the Aisne River by West Frankish forces under King Lothair III. 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida. 1718 – Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). 1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. 1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to an official from the French First Republic. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase. 1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, five years to the day from the ground breaking. 1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin. 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. 1900 – A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles. 1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. 1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. 1939 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army crosses the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War. 1940 – World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands. 1941 – The Holocaust: The SS-Einsatzgruppen round up 11,000 Jews from the Riga Ghetto and kill them in the Rumbula massacre. 1942 – World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. 1947 – Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. 1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. 1966 – Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – Decolonization: South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. 1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. 1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000. 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) 1982 – Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately becoming the best-selling record album in history. 1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia. 1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm. 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". 1999 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. 1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. 2000 – NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission. 2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders. He was eventually convicted of a total of 49 murders. 2004 – Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people. 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. 2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people. 2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. 2021 – Barbados becomes a republic. 2021 – Ethan Crumbley, 15, armed with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, murdered four students and injured seven people, including a teacher, in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.30

977 – Emperor Otto II lifts the siege at Paris and withdraws. His rearguard is defeated while crossing the Aisne River by Frankish forces under King Lothair III. 1707 – The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. 1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). 1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. 1803 – In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to an official from the French First Republic. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase. 1804 – The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. 1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, five years to the day from the ground breaking. 1853 – Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. 1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin. 1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. 1883 – The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom). 1900 – A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for autos. 1916 – Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. 1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. 1939 – World War II: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War. 1940 – World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands 1942 – World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. 1947 – Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. 1953 – Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. 1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. 1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. 1967 – Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. 1971 – Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. 1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000. 1981 – Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.) 1982 – Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history. 1994 – MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia. 1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm. 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men". 1999 – Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company. 1999 – In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies. 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. 2000 – NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission. 2001 – Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders. He was eventually convicted of a total of 49 murders. 2004 – Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people. 2005 – John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York. 2012 – An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people. 2018 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 15 miles from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths. 2021 – Barbados becomes a republic.