Close associates of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei have made unprecedented criticism against Moscow over a recent joint Arab-Russian ministerial statement that reiterates a demand on Tehran to peacefully resolve the dispute over the Iran-occupied Emirati islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and the Lesser Tunb. Issued last week, the statement by Arab foreign ministers and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov called for resolving the dispute through dialogue or international arbitration.