00:00 A declaration was signed by the 16th Sultan of the Royal Houses of Lanao
00:05 that says the Iranian tribe of Mindanao owns some parts of the West Philippine Sea
00:11 which is being occupied by China.
00:13 Mark Fetalco in detail.
00:15 The Iranian tribe of Mindanao is one of those who sought to prove their historical claims
00:25 to the territory of the West Philippine Sea, particularly the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoals.
00:31 According to historian Nasir Sharif, it was only in the 3rd century
00:35 that their ancestors first traveled from the Iranian tribe
00:39 using the routes from Tibuc or Southwest Mindanao, Palawan, Sulawan or Spratlys,
00:44 Pulo Condor, and Pandurungan to reach mainland Southeast Asia.
00:49 Over a long period of time, the Iranians used this route
00:53 to trade and transport refugees.
00:56 I think with China today, what they have only is a folklore of their fishermen.
01:02 But fishing does not count for ownership.
01:05 It is activity, political activity.
01:08 The Iranians were able to transport refugees from Champa
01:12 to different points in Borneo and the Philippines and the rest of the Southeast Asia.
01:17 What the Iranians are wondering is why China did not include Pulo Condor in the 9-Dash Line.
01:23 It had a big role in their tribe.
01:25 But they did not include it.
01:27 That means, by not including it, they make a disconnect.
01:31 The 9-Dash Line makes a disconnect of the network of the Iranians.
01:35 You have to include this if you want to claim the overall place.
01:40 Because without this, you won't have a network.
01:43 Otherwise, who are the people who go back and forth in this route?
01:51 Only the Iranians.
01:52 To strengthen their appeal,
01:54 a declaration was issued by the 16th Sultan of the Royal Houses of Lanao
01:59 where the owners of the Iranian tribe, the Spratlys and Scarborough Shoals are located.
02:04 According to Sultan Tomas Reyes Cabilli Jr.,
02:07 they are following the aggressive transfer of China to the West Philippine Sea.
02:12 They also targeted President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
02:16 Because last year, his speech in the sauna,
02:19 he won't give an inch to any property that belongs to the Republic of the Philippines.
02:27 So we are contributing this information to him
02:30 for him to fight for our countries over Spratly and Scarborough Shoals.
02:38 From Marawi City, Mark Fetalco for Sabayan.
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