Iran summons Russia's ambassador over UAE islands dispute

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Earlier this month, Iran joined Russia in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
52% : Kuwait resumed normal relations with Iran in August of last year.
47% : This came amid talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran on improving their relations.
45% : - ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty ImagesIran summoned Russia's ambassador in Tehran Alexey Dedov on Wednesday after a statement Moscow made in favor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and against Iran's claim to contested three islands.
45% : Iran then summoned the ambassador to voice its "objections on the content of the statement," Agence France-Presse reported.
45% : The UAE claims sovereignty over the islands, but Iran still administers them and has repeatedly defended its claim.
44% : Why it matters: The summoning of the Russian ambassador constituted a rare public display of friction between Iran and Russia.
42% : Kuwait had recalled its ambassador in Tehran in 2016 in solidarity with Saudi Arabia, after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions following the kingdom's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
41% : But the move followed a bilateral meeting between Iran and Kuwait in March to discuss legal issues, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported on Wednesday.
38% : Iran seized control of the islands on.
37% : Separately, Kuwait returned 11 prisoners to Iran late on Tuesday, a move that follows the resumption of relations between the two countries but also comes amid a lingering gas dispute.
37% : Saudi Arabia and Iran in turn re-established relations this past March.
34% : Kuwait and Iran have been at odds over a territorial dispute this month involving the Durra gas field in the Gulf.
25% : The prisoners were handed over to Iran as part of an extradition treaty between Iran and Kuwait.

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