evidence: On Tuesday, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani reacted to a joint statement by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Russian Federation, stressing that the islands of Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa are an "integral part of Iran’s territory." [...] The three islands, Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs are located in the Persian Gulf between Iran's and UAE's mainland, at the western entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. [...] Iranian forces also landed on uninhabited Lesser Tunb and sparsely populated Greater Tunb, where a minor skirmish was initiated by a few British-affiliated tribal troops.