Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says internet giant could face ‘serious damages’; Tehran takes offence to some Arab states’ insistence on calling the body of water the Arabian Gulf.
Iran could due internet giant Google over not mentioning Persian Gulf on Google Maps, a senior Iranian official said Thursday.
The threat comes after the Google left the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula nameless on its online map service.
If Google does not restore the name of the Persian Gulf, it will face “serious damages”, AFP quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying.
Tehran has already warned Google of possible legal action, he told local Mehr news agency.
Iranians are highly sensitive about the name of the body of water, which has historically and internationally been known as the Persian Gulf.
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