Iran threatens to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf  DUBAI
Thu May 17, 2012 3:45pm EDT  DUBAI May 17 (Reuters) - Iran's
Foreign Ministry threatened on Thursday to take legal action
against Google for dropping the name Persian Gulf from its
Google Maps and leaving the waterway between Iran and Arab
states nameless, state television reported.   "We have put on
our agenda to make an official complaint against Google," he
said, according to state television.  Designation of the key
waterway for global oil and gas supplies has long been a touchy
issue among the countries bordering it - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq and Iran.
Tension between Iran and U.S.-allied Gulf Arab states has been
high over Iran's nuclear energy programme, which Gulf rulers
fear will give Tehran a nuclear weapon. Iran says its peaceful
nuclear programme is aimed at generating electricity.  Gulf
Arabs also accuse Iran of fomenting unrest in Bahrain - a charge
Iran and protesters deny. Tehran