موقف الكويت من الاحتلال الإيراني لجزر الإمارات العربية الثلاث (أبو موسى-طنب الكبرى-طنب الصغرى)‎ : دراسة تاريخية

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Kuwait's position on the issue of the three Emirati islands is one of the most prominent Arab positions, which demanded the Iranian withdrawal and the achievement of the independence of the Arab islands.

The Kuwaiti National Assembly and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented by its Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad, played a major role in engaging in difficult negotiations with the Iranian government in order to withdraw from those islands.

However, the Iranian side was very strict, citing flimsy pretexts that have nothing to do with reality.

The main objective of Iranian control over the Arab islands was to preserve its prestige, especially after Bahrain, which was considered by Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, lost one of the islands belonging to Iran, as well as other economic goals.

The Kuwaiti government did not despair of claiming the three Arab islands, but rather tended to internationalize the issue by submitting it to the United Nations, the UN Security Council and the League of Arab States, blaming the British government for the Iranian occupation of the islands, as it was linked with the emirates of the Omani coast with protection treaties, based on a set of From legal and historical documents and evidence, these Kuwaiti diplomatic moves were accompanied by popular reactions that led to massive demonstrations that led Here is a group of Kuwaiti elites demanding the withdrawal of the Iranian occupier from Arab lands and the severing of relations with Iran.

The Kuwaiti media of all kinds surrounded them with great interest in order to influence international and Arab public opinion.