Iran denounces "Google Plot" forging name of Persian Gulf.

This is an old story that seems to be getting new life thanks to Google and the deliberate staging of another Iranian hissy fit. Back in 2004, National Geographic was forced to remove the term “Arabian Gulf”, which appeared under the name “Persian Gulf” in the eighth addition of Atlas of the World in 2004, after facing millions of protests from Iranians all over the world. (I sincerely question that millions number.)

Well, now they're taking on the dastardly Google plot.

The Islamic Iran Participation Party expressed hope that Google Earth will revise its “questionable disregard of historic, political, and international documents and the United Nations directives on the name ‘Persian Gulf’” Earlier, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) in a letter to the CEO of Google Inc. Eric Schmidt protested against “any misuse of accepted and accurate references” to the Persian Gulf. “Several legal documents from the United Nations as well as the United States Board of Geographic Names confirm the legitimacy of the term (Persian Gulf), as do centuries of classical history, including a reference to the body of water by Greek geographer and astronomer Ptolemy as the Aquarius Persico.” “The Persian Gulf has been known and recognized as such for more than 2,500 years. Agreement on this matter has been solidified by the signatures of all six bordering Arab countries on United Nations directives declaring this body of water to be the Persian Gulf,”...

Eric Schmidt has yet to reply.

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