These are Iran’s key islands in the Gulf

These are Iran’s key islands in the Gulf Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Thu, 04/02/2026 - 14:45 From territorial disputes with the UAE, to a vanished FBI agent and an underground missile city, MEE takes a look at Iranian islands Kharg Island, about 30km off mainland Iran, on 17 March 2026 (European Space Agency/AFP) On Iran 's islands are in the spotlight. While most of its roughly 400 islands are small and uninhabited, several of them are large and strategically important. The most significant of these islands lie i