See things from the iranian viewpoint

From: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) | Date: April 3, 2007 | Copyright information

This probably isn't a good time to try and see the Iranian point of view in the HMS Cornwall affair, but I will try anyway.

The confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at the head of the Persian Gulf has two names; the Coast of the Arabs is called shat al a'rab in Arabic and arvandrd in Farsi, the main language of Persia, now modern day Iran.

The two races have been fighting over it for centuries, but in 1896, British forces invaded the adjoining south west region of Persia - Iran - and established a protectorate the British called Arabistan.

Apart from being inhabited mainly by Arabs, ...

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