DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) criticized on Monday a visit by Iranian lawmakers to Gulf islands near the Strait of Hormuz.

“The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns and categorically rejects a visit by an Iranian parliament delegation to the islands,” the UAE state news agency WAM said.

“This visit flagrantly infringes on the sovereignty of the UAE and undermines all exerted efforts towards finding a peaceful resolution for this issue,” it said.

There was no immediate official comment from Iran.

But a report on an Iranian website calling itself the Young Journalists Club said that a delegation of Iranian parliamentarians made a one-day visit to the islands of Abu Musa and Greater Tunb on April 25. – Reuters