The naming of this area is a major point of contention between Arab and Persian culture. I noticed yesterday Trump called it the “Arabian Gulf” which is a nice poke in the eye to the Iranians, who do not consider themselves Arabs. Thus, Persian Gulf= deference to Persians or the Iranians. Arabian Gulf= f u Iranians.
Granted on the point of Trump calling it for political reasons and understand it as I am with the camp of giving Persia back to the Persians. I spent 18 months there while in the Army and know there are two district cultures there, and predominantly in my travels around the country, most I interacted with were of the Persian identification.