Iran Intercepts Emirati-Owned Vessel Due to Document Problem

[Arminkh]

I really hope this is a formal procedure that is carried out on a regular basis:


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A cargo ship owned by an Emirati company sailing across the Persian Gulf with the flag of Panama was intercepted at a southern Iranian port on Tuesday after maritime control detected exclusion of the Persian Gulf’s full name from the ship’s documents.
Aboutaleb Gerailoo, an official at the Port and Maritime Organization of the southwestern province of Khuzestan, said the Persian Gulf’s name was missing from the documents of the ship, named Feodora.

Iranian authorities stopped the ship after noticing that its documents contain a “fake term” instead of Persian Gulf, he added, stressing that all foreign vessels sailing through Iran’s maritime routes have to use the historically and internationally-recognized name of the Persian Gulf.

The ship was interrupted at the port of Bandar Imam Khomeini, and will not be offered any service by Iran until the fake name in its papers are corrected, the official said.

The name of the body of water separating the Iranian plateau from the Arabian Peninsula, is internationally known as the Persian Gulf, named after the land of Persia or Iran.

However, for years, some Arab states have disputed historical and legal evidence of the name of the Persian Gulf.

World maps from ancient times, dating back to 500 B.C., have all been referring to this body of water as the Persian Gulf.

 

[Arminkh]

@BlueInGreen This is a sample of the actions that Iran can take to remind its neighbors that respect is a two way street.

 

[BlueInGreen]

@BlueInGreen This is a sample of the actions that Iran can take to remind its neighbors that respect is a two way street.

I did read some time ago, I beleive last year or the year before, that another tanker was stopped and the ship was taken into custody over some legal issues.

Very impressive, also its Iran's right to do so. If international players want to play dirty then Iran and any others who are in the same position must play dirty as well. Although I don't think this is playing dirty.

lol I do find it funny how on Wikipedia and other sites around the Internet are trying to change the Persian Gulf into the Arabian or The Gulf. Sad really and just plan petty. It will always be the Persian Gulf

 

[Arminkh]

I did read some time ago, I beleive last year or the year before, that another tanker was stopped and the ship was taken into custody over some legal issues.

Very impressive, also its Iran's right to do so. If international players want to play dirty then Iran and any others who are in the same position must play dirty as well. Although I don't think this is playing dirty.

lol I do find it funny how on Wikipedia and other sites around the Internet are trying to change the Persian Gulf into the Arabian or The Gulf. Sad really and just plan petty. It will always be the Persian Gulf

This fight over name of the Persian Gulf has been going on since Shah era. Back then Britannica, over the pressure of some of our so called religious brothers, changed the name in one of its publication and Iran's government started a law suit against it.

The thing is, that some of those countries that are pushing for this name change are so relied on Iran's self restraint that they kind of have forgotten about how fragile their current state is. Take Emirate for example which is one of the biggest advocates of this fake name: All it takes for Iran is to not allow any ships to or from Emirate to pass through its regional waters and that will kill Emirate's economy over night.

 

[raptor22]

Such an action should be repeated ...