Absolute Sovereignty of Iran over the Three Islands in the Persian Gulf based on Solid Legal and Historical Proofs

The several islands of the Persian Gulf, particularly, Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, have always been the dominions of Iran. If during some periods of time, no explicit reference has been made to this rule, it is not because Iran had no control over them. Rather, it means that Iran’s possession of and rule over these islands have always been so absolute and certain that there has never been any need to emphasize it again. Iran has never accepted the rule of any country and colonial power over the islands of the Persian Gulf in any historical period; in fact, the occupation of some of these islands by England in the past has always been opposed by Iran. The international law, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, some official documents of the Iranian and British embassies and the correspondences between them, some official and administrative reports of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, the law of priority in property and proving Britain’s unlawful occupation of the islands, the doctrine of promissory estoppel and admitting Iran’s sovereignty over the islands, the law of succession agreement and the necessity of commitment to it, and the content of the 1977 agreement are all among the proofs demonstrating Iran’s longstanding ownership of and sovereignty over the three island in the Persian Gulf.