The Persian Gulf : is an extension of the Gulf of Oman in between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. This inland sea of some 233,000 km² is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz, and its western end is marked by the major river delta of Arvand-Rud , which carries the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris. It has an area of about 241,000 square kilometres. Its length is 989 kilometres separating mainly Iran from Saudi Arabia with he shortest divide of about 56 kilometres in the Strait of Hormuz 

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The Persian name for this body of water was borrowed by almost all the old languages (including Greek) as - the Persian Gulf- and has been in use everywhere since ancient times, for it signifies the first major nation-state in that area, namely the Persian Empire (now Iran). In the 1960s, with the pathetic rise of Arab nationalism, Arab countries began to call The Persian Gulf, the "Arabian Gulf". In general, Arabs have the tendency to claim places and things that do not belong to them through out history. As recent as Darfur, Sudan (led to genocide), Israel (decades of Arab terrorism) or now the Persian Gulf (bribe national geographic) and many more.

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United Nations

However, the Iranian government led two resolutions in the United Nations to officially recognize that body of water as the Persian Gulf. The first announcement was made through the document UNAD, 311/Qen on March 5, 1971 and the second was UNLA 45.8.2 (C) on August 10, 1984.

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Persian Gulf petition