Kourosh Ziabari says that by demanding that the name “Persian Gulf” should be dropped from the medals and promotional materials of the 2009 Islamic Solidarity Games which was slated to be held in Iran, Arab states demonstrated again that their friendship and so-called brotherhood with Iran originates from things other than cultural or religious affinity.
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