The waters between Iran and the Arabian peninsula are among the most important and valuable waterways in the world. And for decades now, Iran and the Arab Gulf States (mainly Saudi-Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates) have struggled to obtain dominance in the region.

The dispute not only revolves around the material and strategic value of the waters, but also its name itself: Is it the Persian Gulf, or the Arabian Gulf? This question has become a heated discussion in the region, with many Arab states favouring the term ‘Arabian Gulf’ while Iran, and most of the rest of the world, consider the term ‘Persian Gulf’ as the correct one.

In this video, we take a look at this strange naming conflict, its history and origins, as well its contemporary political implications.
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Desert City by Kevin MacLeod
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Desert Caravan (by Aaron Kenny)
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Timestamps:

0:00​ Introduction
1:20 History of the Gulf
5:12 Iranian point of view
6:08 Arab point of view
6:43 Geostrategic importance
7:29 Current situation
8:22 Future outlook
9:40 Outro
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Sources:

Askari, H. (2013) Conflicts in the Persian Gulf: Origins and Evolution. Palgrave.

Kamrava, Mehran (2018) Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf. Cornell University Press.

de Ruyter, Mick (2019) Maritime Political Geography: The Persian Gulf Islands of Tunbs and Abu Musa. In: Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord. Vol. 29. Issue 4.

Fred Halliday (1996) Arabs and Persians : beyond the geopolitics of the Gulf.

Martin H. Levinson (2011) Mapping the Persian Gulf Naming Dispute. In: A Review of General Semantics. Vol. 68. No. 3.

Brian Whitaker (2010) Persian Gulf? Arabian Gulf? One big gulf in understanding. Online: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
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