Persian Gulf National Day Persian Gulf National Day National Persian Gulf Day () is an official holiday in Iran that takes place on the 10th of Ordibehesht, the second month on the Iranian calendar _ usually occurring on 30 April on the Georgian calendar _ to commemorate Persian Gulf. The date coincides with the anniversary of Abbas I of Persia's successful military campaign when the Portuguese navy was driven out of the Strait of Hormuz in the Capture of Ormuz (1622). The decision was taken by the High Council of Cultural Revolution, presided over by former President Mohammad Khatami, noting that the campaign launched
Persian Gulf naming dispute in 2016 for the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Persian Gulf naming dispute The Persian Gulf naming dispute is concerned with the name of the body of water known historically and internationally as the Persian Gulf (), after the land of Persia (the traditional name of Iran). This name has become contested by some Arab countries since the 1960s in connection with the emergence of pan-Arabism and Arab nationalism, resulting in the invention of the toponym "Arabian Gulf" () (used in some Arab countries), "the Gulf" and other alternatives such as the "Gulf of Basra", as it was known