TEHRAN (Basirat): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took a swipe at the US Navy’s officials over the misnaming of the Persian Gulf, saying the waters in southern Iran have had this name for 2,000 years, “longer than US has existed”.

TEHRAN(Basirat): As tensions between Iran and the United States continue to heighten under America’s hawkish President Donald Trump, latest reports have indicated that Trump's administration has been quietly pushing ahead with a plan to create a NATO-like security and political alliance between Arab countries to confront Iran.