- Countries:
- Iran, United Arab Emirates
- Topics:
- Governance, History, Protest, International Relations
Tribun Azad says[Fa] that about 500 Iranians on Tuesday gathered in front of the United Arab Emirates embassy in Tehran and protested against renaming of the Persain Gulf by several Arab states.The blogger has published several photos of this event. He adds that security forces arrested several people.
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I think it’s an absolute rights of not only Iranians, but every nations, to insist on keeping historical names of international geographical areas, it’s absurd to rename them, just because some newly made countries are not able to respect countries of old human civlization and heritage!
THE NAME IS “PERSIAN GULF”
NOTHING ELSE.