Iran threatens to sue Google for not labeling Persian Gulf

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Iran threatens to sue Google for not labeling Persian Gulf

By Josh Levs, CNN
May 17, 2012 -- Updated 1928 GMT (0328 HKT)

(CNN) -- Iran is taking on one of the world's biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps.

On state-run Press TV, the Iranian regime warns it may take legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf.

It's the latest volley in what one expert calls a "war of words" that has raged for decades over the waterway that borders Iran and several Arab countries.

Iran previously lashed out against the U.S. military for calling the waterway the Arabian Gulf.

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[Kaleva]

1. Neighboring nations call it the "Arabian Gulf"

On their own maps, that's what it's called.

[Luminous Animal]

3. Only since the 60s. For centuries prior it was known as the Persian Gulf.

[Ian David]

2. Google should label it, "Gulf of America" just to piss them off. n/t

[malaise]

6. Not funny

It is the Persian Gulf

[Ian David]

7. Duck season. n/t

[Luminous Animal]

5. It was known as the Persian Gulf for centuries. Up until the 1960s.

[Ian David]

8. Can't they make it so that it shows up as "Persian Gulf" if you look at it labeled in Farsi? n/t

[Jazzgirl]

9. Fail.

[TheWraith]

12. Obvious troll was obvious.

Enjoy your pizza.

[Renew Deal]

10. Google should name it the "Gulf of Saddam"

Just to see what happens.

[napoleon_in_rags]

11. We shouldn't politicize this.

Persian and Arab are in modern times ethnic identities that go beyond national identity...So this isn't like advocating for renaming the Gulf of Mexico the gulf of Venezuela because you like them better, its like advocating for renaming it the gulf of "White Spanish Settlers". Showing ethnic preference because of short term politics is a bad idea.