It might have been mentioned by ancient cartographers and can be found on almost any atlas, but the Persian Gulf, a source of national pride for Iranians, has no place on Google Maps. In a rare show ...

Keeping the world’s most vital oil-exporting waterway named “Persian” is a national touchstone and highly emotive issue for Iranians. So there has been widespread anger in Iran in recent days after ...

KUNMING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A series of ancient maps drawn by Persian and Arabian geographers from the ninth to 17th centuries show the disputed waters and islands of the South China Sea have been ...

Iran has threatened to sue search engine Google over omitting the name 'Persian Gulf' on its Google Maps service. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that, if Google did not ...

An Iranian woman sits on the southern beach on the island of Kish in the Persian Gulf about 777 miles (1,250 kilometers) south of Tehran. Reuters Iranian Netizens are expressing anger over Google Maps ...

In a sermon at Friday prayers, Rafsanjani criticized Western powers for trying to foment discord among Persian Gulf neighbors by provoking territorial conflicts and urged Arab states to study the ...

Spats over naming have cropped up from "Malvinas" to "Derry" to "Kampuchea" Iran's Foreign Ministry says Google is being used by the nation's enemies Iran is taking on one of the world’s biggest ...

One of the authors, scholar Mohammad-Hassan Ganji, delivered the first speech of the ceremony. “Since the ancient times, those who knew the world have called ‘Persian Gulf’ the water passageway which ...

The Commander of Iran's Navy, Habibulah Sayari, pointing to a map while describing plans for naval exercises in late December 2011. No doubt words over the part of the map separating the Iran Plateau ...

TEHRAN -- The Louvre Museum has corrected the distorted name of the Persian Gulf on its maps and signs at the sections of Islamic art and Near Eastern antiquities. Iranian Ambassador to Paris, Ali ...

A series of ancient maps drawn by Persian and Arabian geographers from the ninth to 17th centuries show the disputed waters and islands of the South China Sea have been Chinese territory since ancient ...