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.

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 ...

During his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, President Trump is expected to announce a significant shift in US policy by referring to the Persian Gulf as the ... Iran's southern coast, Iran insists ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name of the body of water off the southern coast of Iran. The Persian Gulf has been widely known by that name since the 16th century ...

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.