evidence: Ali Akbar Velayati says three disputed islands which UAE claims as its own are ‘integral part’ of Iran’s history, territory. [...] The decades-long dispute is over the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa – three islands in the Strait of Hormuz that have been governed by Iran since 1971 and are claimed by the UAE as part of its territory. [...] Emirati leaders have since maintained that the islands belong to them, with support from other Arab countries. Iran has dismissed these claims, rejecting the possibility of any negotiations over their ownership.