People walking near a banner depicting Iranian Gen Qassem Soleimani (centre), who was killed in a US drone attack in 2020, as well as other slain leaders, in Teheran, Iran. — Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times
US President Donald Trump floated changing the name of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf ahead of a trip to the Middle East recently, a move that infuriated Iran and its people.
“I’ll have to make a decision,” Trump said in the Oval Office on May 8 before his trip. “I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. I don’t know if feelings are going to be hurt.”
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