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The Persian Gulf Online Organization (or Persian Gulf Organization PGO,〔 also known as Iranians for International Cooperation (IIC)'s Persian Gulf Task Force〔 or PGTF) is a non-governmental entity consisting of a network of volunteers across the globe dedicated to promoting the name Persian Gulf against the fictitious name "Arabian Gulf" in the Persian Gulf naming dispute.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.charity-charities.org/California-charities/Alhambra-1552462.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://parssea.org/?p=114 )〕 Its members live in several countries around the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.greenprophet.com/2009/04/persian-gulf-organization/ )〕 PGO's members' efforts are mostly undertaken via the internet. On their website, current news about the Persian Gulf, maps, articles, bibliographies about the Persian Gulf, conferences, and other information can be found.〔 Javad Fakharzadeh has written some letters to British Airways which stated that the "historically correct" name of the waters is the Persian Gulf. Two weeks later, British Airways acknowledged their mistake of using "Arabian Gulf" and provided written guarantees that their onboard displays would be corrected.〔 PGO has sent similar letters to the Army News, and also had struggled with National Geographic about the naming of the gulf. After that, the Government of Iran became involved in this too, and Iranian government agents in Europe and US contacted ''National Geographic'', wanting to use the same name of the Persian Gulf according to its history. ==Board members== PGO was established in 1999 by Mohammad Ala, a Persian professor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/121762/20100916-0810/antonyloewenstein.com/2009/06/12/an-iran-we-could-love/print/index.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://monthlyreview.org/mrzine/iran-election-statement-en.pdf )〕 and was represented by Pejman Akbarzadeh, another member of the organization, in Amsterdam and Tehran from 2002 to 2006.() 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.irantoulouse.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=550 )〕 Many other notable Iranian contributed in this organization. Javad Fakharzadeh is the head and co-founder of the organization.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.netnative.com/news/00/jun/1029.html )〕 He is also an advisory board member of CASMII.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/70 )〕 Shahram Mostarshed, an anti-war activist and a member of the Green party of California, is one the them, along with another campaign organization, Iranians for International Cooperation (IIC).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/133&size=tiny )〕 Daniel Pourkesali is also a board member of this organization.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hiddenmysteries.net/newz/article.php/20080724233721717 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Persian Gulf Online Organization」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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