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Iran Bans National Geographic Publications

Sunday November 28, 2004
Iran has banned the sale of National Geographic Society publications to protest the use of the name "Arabian Gulf" in their Eighth Edition Atlas of the World. The use of Arabian Gulf is used as an alternative second name for the Persian Gulf in the atlas. National Geographic responds to the ban.

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