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January 19, 20209.55 "Your military presence in the Persian Gulf is wrong, as is the way you called it". So the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman criticizes French President Macron, who announced days ago the deployment of French forces in the Gulf, calling him "Arab-Persian". "The gulf south of Iran has only one name and is 'Persian Gulf'", Tehran points out. "With this initiative, and others together with European partners, we are strengthening maritime security in a region that is strategic for us," said Macron.