Persian Gulf Or Arabian Gulf? Politicians Play The Name Game

There's no shortage of flash points in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump recently exposed the gulf in that region over what to call the Gulf.

Donald Trump’s use of one name instead of the other reignited a decades-long debate about what it should be called. “It harasses American ships and threatens freedom of navigation in the Arabian Gulf and in the Red Sea.” Iranians swamped Trump with 3.97 million responses on Instagram and Twitter over the perceived slight. And 3 days later, an exhibition ripping Trump for his comments opened in Tehran under the title "Persian Gulf Forever" So who’s right?

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