It might have been mentioned by ancient cartographers and can be found on almost any atlas, but the Persian Gulf, a source of national pride for Iranians, has no place on Google Maps. In a rare show ...

KUNMING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A series of ancient maps drawn by Persian and Arabian geographers from the ninth to 17th centuries show the disputed waters and islands of the South China Sea have been ...

One of the authors, scholar Mohammad-Hassan Ganji, delivered the first speech of the ceremony. “Since the ancient times, those who knew the world have called ‘Persian Gulf’ the water passageway which ...

Iran has threatened to sue search engine Google over omitting the name 'Persian Gulf' on its Google Maps service. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that, if Google did not ...

An Iranian woman sits on the southern beach on the island of Kish in the Persian Gulf about 777 miles (1,250 kilometers) south of Tehran. Reuters Iranian Netizens are expressing anger over Google Maps ...

The exhibit opened to the public on April 30, which marks the Persian Gulf National Day, an occasion to commemorate the exit of colonial and foreign forces from the strategic waterway. Tenth of ...

Keeping the world’s most vital oil-exporting waterway named “Persian” is a national touchstone and highly emotive issue for Iranians. So there has been widespread anger in Iran in recent days after ...

Update: "Mapping Iran's Online Public" is now available in Persian: Download PDF (Persian). You can find the interactive Persian blogosphere map here. This case study is part of a series produced by ...

The institute has organized the exhibit to celebrate National Persian Gulf Day, which is April 30 this year, the institute announced in a press release on Thursday. The collection consists of 50 maps ...

Iran is taking on one of the world’s biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps. On state-run Press TV, the Iranian regime warns it may take legal action ...