BBC, Iran has stepped up its campaign to ensure the body of water between Iran and the Arabian peninsula is known as the Persian, not the Arabian, Gulf.
PROGRESS MADE IN TALKS ON PERSIAN GULF BETWEEN NIAC AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
UPDATE: NIAC: Washington, D.C., 7, 2004 – Significant progress was made in convincing the National Geographic Society to correct inaccuracies in their current edition of the “Atlas of the World” during Monday’s high-level meeting between NIAC and National Geographic’s executive team, headed by President John Fahey.