Arab nations have long pushed to change the name of the Persian Gulf, which lies off Iran’s southern coast, but Iran continues to defend the historic name "Persian Gulf." 120964296 The two US ...

Donald Trump's penchant for rebranding has taken a provocative turn. After floating the idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico the 'Gulf of America' in 2024, the US President is now eyeing a historic ...

President Donald Trump plans to announce next week that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the ...

Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water off the southern coast of Iran, while Iran has maintained its historic ties to the gulf under the Persian Empire.

Arab nations have long pushed for the Persian Gulf, the body of water off the southern coast of Iran, to be renamed to reflect their countries. But Trump’s comments appear to acknowledge that ...

Ancient Persia is now modern-day Iran, and its entire southern coast stretches along the Persian Gulf. Iran’s governments, going back to the pre-revolution era of the shah, have stoutly defended ...

President Trump said Wednesday he’s considering trying to change the name of the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Arabia or the Arabian Gulf. Trump said he’s going to make a final decision on the ...

Trump Says He'll Decide What the US Will Call the Persian Gulf While ... of water off the southern coast of Iran, while Iran has maintained its historic ties to the gulf. Iranians both supportive ...

President Donald Trump wants the US to call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf ... geographic name of the body of water off the southern coast of Iran. The name of the body of water has become ...

The Persian Gulf has been widely known by that name since the 16th century, although usage of “Gulf of Arabia” and “Arabian Gulf” is dominant in many countries in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will make a decision about how the U.S. government will refer to the body of water now commonly known as the Persian Gulf when he ...