Edited sentence: " These corrections have been made in the online atlas and it has promised to change future print versions accordingly.In addition, "Arabian Gulf" has been relegated to a small note explaining: "Historically and most commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is referred to by some as the "Arabian Gulf".In its newest atlas the National Geographic has labeled the islands of Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa recognized as being "Occupied by Iran, Claimed by the United Arab Emirates".It has also removed any allusions to the status of the three islands.National Geographic has also included alternate Arabic names for the Iranian islands of Lavan and Kish, and listed "Arabian Gulf" as an alternate name for the Persian Gulf.National Geographic has since conceded that the use of the Arabian name "Qeys" for the island of Kish was inaccurate.See Dispute over the name of the Persian Gulf.The magazine has recently been accused by thousands of its readers across the globe of failing to keep its objectives in focus in the names used on maps of Middle East in its 2005 atlas.This resulted in heavy protests by many Persians (Iranians), most specially the Internet user community, which led to the Iranian government acting on the issue and banning the distribution of the society's publications in Iran