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Persian Gulf

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  • Obama meets with Bahrain's crown prince

    President Barack Obama has met with the crown prince of Bahrain to discuss security issues and ties between the U.S. and the Persian Gulf nation.The White House says Obama dropped in on a meeting between Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Obama's deputy   Read more »

  • Nader: Five myths about a nuclear Iran

    Iran, for example, might feel more secure in impeding shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or stoking unrest in the Persian Gulf .In reality, however, a nuclear bomb would not be of much use to Iranian efforts to spread its influence across the Middle East.   Read more »

  • Quake kills at least 46 along Iran-Pakistan border

    was the second deadly quake to hit Iran in less than a week after a magnitude 6.1 temblor struck near Bushehr, on Iran's Persian Gulf coast, killing at least 37 people and raising calls for greater international safety inspectors at Iran's lone nuclear reactor   Read more »

  • US fighter crashes in Gulf; crew rescued

    -- The U.S. Navy says a fighter jet has crashed into the Persian Gulf near the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, but both crew members were rescued safely by divers.The Navy cited engine failure on the F/A-18F Super Hornet as the reason for Monday's   Read more »

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About Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (Persian: خليج فارس khalīj-e-Fārs; in Arabic: الخليج الفارسي al-khalīj al-fārisī), in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Gulf of Oman located between Iran (Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula.

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