Islands? They even claim Bahrain.
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Yep, but it will never be theirs. They often underestimate the fact that Arab Shias are Arabs first and foremost. Yes but those islands in the South did belong to the Emirates. Also many Arab Shias are not fond of Iran, especially how they are mistreated in Iran. Though the island has Sunni Arabs who never wanted to be part of Iran and were part of UAE, then suddenly Iran takes them and say it's Iranian. They also brainwash these Arabs in schools and such to think they are Persians.
Actually the Persians are the ones who brought the Arabs to the Ahvaz region and even named it Arabistan the name meaning Land of the Arabs. In fact until 1925 the Persians were not in this area. This is supported by this
Following the ancient Persian practice of mass population resettlement, the Sasanians carried off tribesmen of Taḡleb, Bakr Banu Wāʾel, and Ḥanẓala and implanted them in Kermān and Ahvāz.
source EncyclopediaIranica, Arabs and Iran in the pre-Islamic period.
I am Persian and proud of it. :)