Iranian Flag Flies over Hormuz Island
The Iranian flag was raised over Hormuz Island, located adjacent to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as the waterway remained under a wartime footing amid ongoing tensions with the US and Israel. [VIDEO]
The island, situated just South of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, has become a symbolic outpost of Iran's maritime sovereignty, while in the Strait of Hormuz itself, all vessel traffic now requires Iranian permission to transit.
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