Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari Visits Disputed Persian Gulf Islands

Analysis: Iran Commander's Trip to Disputed Islands Frays UAE Nerves -- New York Times/Reuters

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A visit by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander to three tiny islands near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lane revives a bitter territorial dispute between Gulf antagonists - and trade partners - Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Abu Dhabi has yet to comment on Thursday's trip by Mohammad Ali Jafari, but like other Gulf Arab capitals it reacted angrily when Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad toured one of the islands in April, and recalled its envoy from Tehran in protest.

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My Comment: Iran is claiming to extend a hand of friendship and cooperation with the Arab Gulf states .... but it does not look like they are "buying" it.