Iran criticizes Google Maps

GadgetFan - Iran has criticized Google Maps because votes have been negligent in the Gulf include the name in the Iranian territory. Countries, led by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is indeed often drawn criticism from countries in the world would the political policies take. Iran has recently also been shut down all internet access into the world outside, because they thought the internet could damage the morale of the young generation of Iran.

Iran has accused Google has to lie because it does not list the name of the Gulf at Google Mapsnya service. That separates the Gulf between Iran and the Arabian Gulf which is a point of contention between Iran and the Arab countries. Because Arab states prefer to call the Gulf as the Arabian Gulf, while Iran considers that the Gulf is Persian Gulf.

Deputy Minister of culture and Islamic guidance Iran, Bahman Dorri said that "Google has been spreading lies and deception, and its users will lose confidence in the data provided by the company."

Iranian officials also stated that "this is a global effort and the arrogance of Arab allies to remove the name of the Persian Gulf."

 

Google is not alone in the face of criticism of Iran for the mistake in naming the Gulf. In 2010, Iran reminded the airlines that cross the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Gulf called in flight, the airline will no longer be accepted through Iranian airspace.

Google facing sides of these criticisms, the BBC revealed that not all places in the world are named on a map company, and we will take no political stance in the face of criticism of Iran.