For dropping the name “Persian Gulf” on map feature.
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Iran is angry at Google for dropping the name “Persian Gulf” from Google Maps. Officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran threatened a lawsuit on Thursday if Google—which has left the waterway without a name—didn’t properly identify the body of water. “One of the seditionist acts taken as part of the soft war against the Iranian nation has been Google’s shameless act to drop the name “Persian Gulf” which is … against historical documents,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying.
