Uzbekistan issues protest note to Iran over diplomatic missions' posts on Samarkand’s heritage
Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned Iran’s ambassador and handed him a protest note over posts by Iran’s diplomatic missions portraying Samarkand as part of “Persian civilization”. Tashkent demanded their removal and called for historical and cultural issues not to be politicized.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same summons and protest note over Iranian missions' Samarkand posts, with consistent facts.
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