20 August 2026 17:29
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi posted a photo showing a map in the background labelled the “Arabian Gulf.”
Social media users and regional observers viewed the post as a symbolic response to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Caliber.Az reports, citing Arabic media.
#الخليج_العربي pic.twitter.com/K5VyYudX6Y
— هيبت الحلبوسي (@HaibetHalbousi) August 20, 2026
A day earlier, the Iranian speaker had shared a photo of himself standing in front of a map labelled the “Persian Gulf.”
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) August 19, 2026
The indirect dispute over the name of the body of water came less than 24 hours after the two politicians met in Baghdad.
By Jeyhun Aghazada
Caliber.Az
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