Who backs Persian Gulfs name distortion?
Kourosh Ziabari According to UN regulations for the standardization of geographical places names, any attempt to alter or distort a historical registered name is denied and branded as “unlawful’. Every city, province, island, river, strait, mountain and gulf enjoys a special, exclusive name and each name narrates a story about the origins and history of its owner. For example, the phrase “Indian ocean” tells us that the southeastern region of Asia was under the domination of Indian empire historically, or the name “Caspian sea” describes that the main inhabitants of Southern Russian and northern Iran region were the ancient tribe of “Caspi” historically. This shows that the originality and unity of geographical names must be kept and dispersion is not acceptable in this matter. Let’s give a simple example. My name is Kourosh, but what happens if each of my friends decide to call me by his desired name? Maybe I would get 20 names if I had 20 friends, and clearly it is neither logical no