{"id":103070,"date":"2026-05-12T12:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103070"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:16:50","slug":"lavan-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lavan-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavan Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lavan Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UAE secretly carried out military strikes on Iran during the recent Middle East conflict, including an alleged attack on a refinery at Iran\u2019s Lavan Island, a report claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lavan Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a strategic<\/span><b> Iranian island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>Persian Gulf, near the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is situated approximately 40 kilometers <\/span><b>west of Qeshm Island,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the <\/span><b>Hormozgan Province of Iran.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island is 25 kilometers in length and about 5 kilometers in width.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavan Island is also <\/span><b>known as the Hidden Pearl Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which has <\/span><b>long been home to pearl fishing.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However,<\/span><b> now the main occupation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the people of <\/span><b>Lavan Port<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is working in the <\/span><b>oil and fishing industry.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is now one of the most<\/span><b> important oil export terminals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Iran. <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>operating base for Iran\u2019s three offshore fields,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> namely, <\/span><b>Salman, Resalat, and Reshadat.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Salman field, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">144 km<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">south of the Lavan<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Island, has<\/span><b> one of the largest offshore complexes in the Persian Gulf.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island features infrastructure such as<\/span><b> process plants, storage and export systems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, utility and maintenance facilities, a storehouse, and a loading jetty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced <\/span><b>oil from offshore fields <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>transferred to Lavan for final processing.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/world\/uae-secretly-struck-iran-middle-east-war-lavan-island-refinery-attack-iran-drone-missile-attacks-dubai-fujairah-ws-l-10086154.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N18<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lavan Island is a strategic Iranian island located in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. 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