Iranians living in Canada gathered in protest against a joint statement by the government of this country and the United Arab Emirates about the three Iranian islands.

The statement was issued after a meeting between Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and it introduced the islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb as belonging to the UAE.

Protesters emphasized Iran’s sovereignty over these islands and the need to preserve the country’s territorial integrity.

Alen Bastakian, an adviser to the Iran Flourishing project, said at the gathering: “We will not allow Iran’s territorial integrity to enter into political deals that have no claim to our land.”

He called on the prime minister of Canada to revise the statement regarding the three islands and to respond to Canadian Iranians.