FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: Re: a BIG mistake in : ~http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=22373~ Dear Sirs, I am writing to you regarding this page : ~http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=22373~ According to all historical, geographical and international documents, such as United Nation’s directives, the body of water between Iran and Arabian Peninsula is only called “Persian Gulf”. For more information, please visit: ~http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/qatar.pdf~ ~http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iraq.pdf~ ~http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/mideastr.pdf~ ~http://www.persiangulfonline.org/maps.htm~ Note that we (Persians) never try to change “Gulf of Oman” to “Gulf of Iran” though Iran has most of its shores, and we always call it “Oman Sea” . Or we never say “Persian Sea” instead of the “Arabian Sea” . We respect the historical and internationally recognized names of the places. Let me remind you that “Arabian Gulf” is the ancient name of “Red Sea”: ~http://www.jpmaps.co.uk/images/24552.jpg~ I am kindly asking you to use its real name, please. Thanking you in anticipation. Regards, Reza Zakeri Tehran, Iran FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: Dear Sir/Madam, I noted that you have used the wrong term of “Arabian Gulf” instead of the historical and internationally recognized term of the Persian Gulf in your Web site; ~http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=22373~ I would like to point out that according to all historical/geographical documents, also United Nations’ directives, the name of this waterway which separates Iran (Persia) from Arabian Peninsula is the PERSIAN GULF : UN Links : ~http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/westasia.pdf~ ~http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/iran.pdf~ ~http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/docs/escwa.pdf~ PERSIAN GULF is also the only term used by the U.S. Department of State: ~http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2422.htm~ or ~http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c2404.htm~ Same to the National Geographic Society ; World Map : ~http://mapmachine.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/viewandcustomize.html?task=getMap&themeId=p2~ Asia Map : ~http://mapmachine.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/viewandcustomize.html?task=getMap&themeId=p71&size=s&topten=100,p100,p3,p4,p5,p501565,p501719,p70,p71,p93&iplace=&sext=-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0&iext=-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0~ You can visit this page for some maps & documents and see even Arab scholars until 1960s used “Al-Khalij Al-Farsi” (Arabic name of the “Persian Gulf”); ~http://www.persiangulfonline.org/maps.htm~ “Arabian Gulf” in fact is the ancient name of the present-day “Red Sea” (located between Arabia and Africa). Please imagine that all nations start to rename the historical and legal names of seas and oceans: African people try to change the name of Indian Ocean to African Ocean, American people rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America or Pakistani people try to use Pakistani Sea instead of the Arabian Sea !…. Also please be aware that Persian (Iranian) people never tried to use “Gulf of Iran”/”Gulf of Persia” instead of “Gulf of Oman” and never tried to change the name of “Arabian Sea” into “Persian Sea”. May I ask you to kindly use the proper term in that article? Thanks so much for your attention. Sincerely, Pejman Akbarzadeh Member of “ARTISTS WITHOUT FRONTIERS” (Tehran Chapter) ~http://artistswithoutfrontiers.com/pakbarzadeh/index.html~ Tehran, Iran And now, our official response to the above Persian complaints: The item you are complaining about is a press release (aka propaganda) issued by a racing team, it is labeled a press release, and we do not edit or “correct” press releases. If you have an issue with their geographical terminology, contact them. See related March 31 post: Ten Kate Team Manager, Fujiwara Take Love Of Fishing To Phillip Island ~https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=22373~