Iran Warns ‘Wrath’ Over Trump’s Reported Plans For Renaming Persian Gulf The ‘Arabian Gulf’
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“Politically motivated attempts to alter the historically established name of the Persian Gulf are indicative of hostile intent toward Iran and its people, and are firmly condemned,” Iran’s foreign minister wrote on X.

Iran sharply condemned President Donald Trump’s reported plans to start referring to the Persian Gulf as the “Gulf of Arabia” or the “Arabian Gulf” in his latest push to expand his global stamp.

  • Wilco@lemm.eeEnglish
    70·
    3 days ago

    How TF do you just decide to start naming shit in other countries? The Great Pyramids? Now they are “Giant Murica Triple Tittie Buildings” Panama Canal? Now it’s jumbled into the “Anal Manacap”

      • notarobot@lemm.ee
        3·
        2 days ago

        The US love calling itself “America” . the argument I always (from non us people) hear is that “every country uses the last word of it’s name”. So if you change their name, remember to refer to it as " child" and the citizens as children

        • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Apparently we have successfully appropriated the name because no one else in North America would even consider calling themselves Americans.

          I suspect it’s the same in South America but I don’t know many people from down there.

          • notarobot@lemm.ee
            5·
            22 hours ago

            I’m from south america. That’s why this thing bothers me

            Edit because I now realized I should have said more: correct. No one here call themselves American but not because they deserve it but because it causes confusion. Instead we call you Yankees, because if you say american everyone gives you sideeye

            • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
              1·
              19 hours ago

              because if you say american everyone gives you sideeye

              My first trip to Europe, Met some Candaians and some people from Brazil, casually mentioned we’re all from America. Was told nicely to GTFO of that concept. I feel horrible that we’ve besmirched the name of [the whole/both] fucking continent/s.

          • notarobot@lemm.ee
            3·
            2 days ago

            This a better answer. I always replied “im going to set up a country and name it ‘the country that is not the united states of america’ so that I can be an american too”