Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East is game four of the Third World War series from GDW. It is set in a "future" 1990, when both the US and the Soviet Union send troops into Iran during a war centered in Germany. The other games in the series can be combined to simulate WWIII in the whole of Europe.

GDW rated this game as "advanced", which is a 4 in their 1-5 scale. It includes 360 counters, four non-mounted map sheets, rules, a background sheet, a set of charts, and combined-game rules.