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Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibet Al-Halbousi on
\nThursday posted a photograph featuring the Arabic designation \u201cArabian Gulf,\u201d
\nafter his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf shared an image bearing
\nthe Persian name.<\/p>\n
#\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u062c_\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/K5VyYudX6Y<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0647\u064a\u0628\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0628\u0648\u0633\u064a (@HaibetHalbousi) August 20, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n During his visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, Ghalibaf pic.twitter.com\/nfPfY1L9Y7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f\u0628\u0627\u0642\u0631 \u0642\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u0628\u0627\u0641 | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) August 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n The Gulf, a 241,000-square-kilometer
\nposted a photograph on X with a regional map behind him bearing the
\nPersian-language label \u201cPersian Gulf.\u201d Al-Halbousi followed with his own image
\nin front of a map bearing the Arabic term \u201cArabian Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(93,000-square-mile) waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, has long
\nbeen the subject of a naming dispute: Tehran officially uses \u201cPersian Gulf,\u201d
\nwhile Iraq and other Arab countries commonly use \u201cArabian Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n