An Iranian Judiciary official said that efforts to alter the name of the Persian Gulf stem from hostility and enmity towards ...

They stressed that the Persian Gulf has been under the same name in ancient documents, maps, travelogues and texts for thousands of years and will remain under the same name forever".Tehran ...

US president says he will announce decision on waterway during trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.

The Persian Gulf name has been used throughout history, in maps, documents and diplomacy, from the time of the ancient Persians, whose empire dominated the region, to the Greeks and the British.

In that period, both the names Persian and Arabian Gulf appear in texts. However, the latter referred to an area that roughly equated to the Red Sea. The world maps of the Greek historians and ...

Iran argues that the “Persian Gulf” is the appropriate name in light of historical evidence, including ancient maps, that shows it is part of its territory. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab ...