New Delhi, May 8 -- Iran has fiercely condemned reports that US President Donald Trump plans to rename the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Arabia during his upcoming visit to Arab states. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any attempt to alter the waterway's historic name would provoke widespread backlash from Iranians.

"Politically motivated attempts to alter the historically established name of the Persian Gulf are indicative of hostile intent toward Iran and its people, and are firmly condemned," Araghchi wrote on the platform X.

"Any short-sighted step in this connection will have no validity or legal or geographical effect-it will only bring the wrath of all Iranians from all walks of life and political ...