Naqavi Hosseini also said Monday that the UAE claims over the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs in the Persian Gulf lack any solid legal and historical basis.

He noted that international bodies as well as historical documents attest to the fact that the three islands are inseparable from the Iranian territory.

The UAE’s repeated claims to ownership of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf are provoked by Western countries, Naqavi Hosseini pointed out.

The top Iranian legislator further noted that a joint US-UAE statement over the Iranian islands indicates the US-engineered nature of Abu Dhabi’s claims on the islands and reveal that Washington is the main factor behind the disputes in the Persian Gulf region.

US forces have committed war crimes and caused destructions wherever they invaded, Naqavi Hosseini commented.