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Gulf of Iran
Oman and Iran are the only countries that border the Gulf of Oman.
Iran in the north and Oman in the south separate the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman, with only the Strait of Hormuz to link them.
The Gulf of Iran.
Gulf of Iran
The body of water separating Iran from Saudi Arabia is called the Persian Gulf. There has been a push by the Arabs to have the Gulf renamed the Arab Gulf (as it is called "al-Khalij al-3arabi" in Arabic). No non-Arab nation has adopted this nomenclature.
It is the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Persian Gulf Exclusively: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain.Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman: Iran, Oman*, and the United Arab Emirates.*However it is notable that the only connection Oman has to the Persian Gulf is technically the west side of the Strait of Hormuz, so one could say that it exclusively touches the Gulf of Oman.
They are Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.
There are 8, and they are Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.
Oman and Iran share only a sea border in the middle of the Gulf.
Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman (exclave of Musandam), Iraq, and Iran all border the Persian Gulf.