British minster of defense in an official statement in parliament (about 15th British sailors who were arrested by Iranians ) used A-R-A-B-I-A-N GULF instead of PERSIAN GULF or GULF !!!
Iranian embassy in London, sent a message to the British foreign minstery, right after the speech and complained about the British policy that officials use names that are not according to U.N. official maps.
The gulf between Iran and southern Arabian countries around the gulf is called PERSIAN GULF in U.N. official maps ( historically the name was Persian gulf as well, read in wikipeida).
The general routine of western media is to call it GULF instead of PERSIAN GULF as they claims Arabian nations press them to call it Arabian gulf. But now since the conflicts between Iran and western community has raised once again, British officials seems to start calling it Arabian gulf to punish Iran !!!
This is what I should warn about as Iranians ( the people more than government ) care so much about the gulf name in south of Iran and it can bring even worse reputation for British government between Iranians ( See one of my writings at It's a British trick ).
in the following cartoons, you can see cartoons drawn by Iranians about this case :
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