China has rattled Tehran by again backing the UAE’s claim over three Persian Gulf islands — Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa — controlled by Iran.
Keyhan, a hard-line newspaper whose chief editor is appointed by Iran’s supreme leader, argued that China’s support for the UAE’s claim meant that it “has implicitly accepted that its own claim over Taiwan is disputable and should be resolved through negotiations.”
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