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  2. Persian Gulf - Wikipedia

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    Persian Gulf at Night from ISS, 2020. The Persian Gulf, [a] sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, [b] is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.

  3. Territorial disputes in the Persian Gulf - Wikipedia

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    Iran in return reserved two seats for Bahrain in her parliament, from 1906 to 1971, as her "14th province". The last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, raised the Bahrain issue with the British when they withdrew from areas east of the Suez Canal by 1971. Iran suggested a limited, UN-sponsored opinion poll to decide the fate of Bahrain.

  4. Persian Gulf Basin - Wikipedia

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    The Persian Gulf Basin (Persian: آبخیز شاخاب پارس, Arabic: حوض الخليج الفارسی) is found between the Eurasian and the Arabian Plate.The Persian Gulf is described as a shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that is located between the south western side of Zagros Mountains and the Arabian Peninsula and south and southeastern side of Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

  5. List of islands in the Persian Gulf - Wikipedia

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    The Persian Gulf is home to many islands, mostly small, distributed in the gulf's entire geographic area and administered by the neighboring nations. Most islands are sparsely populated, with some being barren, and some utilized for communication, military, or as ship docks. Some of the islands in the Persian Gulf are artificially constructed ...

  6. Geography of Iran - Wikipedia

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    The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman littorals form the entire 1,770-kilometre (1,100 mi) southern border. To the east lie Afghanistan on the north and Pakistan on the far south. Iran's diagonal distance from Azerbaijan in the northwest to Sistan and Baluchestan province in the southeast is approximately 2,333 kilometres (1,450 mi).

  7. Arab states of the Persian Gulf - Wikipedia

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    The Arab states of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Arab Gulf states (Arabic: دول الخليج العربي), [1] refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

  8. Iran, Russia and China show off their ships in a joint naval ...

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    China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, officials said Tuesday. Footage aired by Chinese state television ...

  9. File:Persian Gulf relief location map.png - Wikipedia

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