Iraq is situated in Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait.

伊拉克位于中东，毗邻波斯湾，处于伊朗和科威特之间。

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By 2007 it had jumped the Persian Gulf into Iran.

到2007年，它已经越过波斯湾进入伊朗。

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On this day, skies are clear northwest of Baghdad. A thick plume of dust, however, hovers over the Iraq-Iran border, and obscures the coastline of the Persian Gulf.

此时巴格达西北方向的天空已经转晴，但两伊边境地区和波斯湾的海岸线都笼罩在了厚厚的沙尘之下。

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The U.S.and Iran are entangled in a dispute over the Persian Gulf nation's nuclear program, which the United States contends is a cover for developing weapons.

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The CNN bureau in Dubai said that the quake was felt in the United Arab Emirates, across the Persian Gulf from Iran, and that some buildings in Abu Dhabi were evacuated.

CNN: State TV: 4 dead after quake hits Iran, near nuclear site

Lundberg blamed the jump on reduced production from North Sea platforms, tensions among Iran, its Persian Gulf neighbors and Western powers and a dispute between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan that has cut off southern oil from global markets.

CNN: European crude drives up U.S. gas prices

The gold market saw stepped up safe-haven buying support from rising tensions in the Persian Gulf, following the recent news Iran has halted oil shipments to some European countries, to pre-empt an EU ban on Iranian oil imports.

FORBES: P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Comex Gold Stages Late Rally on Safe-Haven and Technical Buying Interest