{"id":91606,"date":"2026-03-08T11:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T05:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91606"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:16:54","slug":"qeshm-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/qeshm-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Qeshm Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Qeshm Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister recently accused the United States of attacking a desalination plant on Qeshm Island, saying it had set a precedent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Qeshm Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>largest island in the Persian Gulf near the Straits of Hormoz.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>belongs to Iran.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arabic name means \u201clong island.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies <\/span><b>parallel to the Iranian coast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from which it is <\/span><b>separated by the Clarence Strait.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies<\/span><b> close to the mainland cities of Bandar Abbas and Hormozgan Province.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of \u200b\u200b1491 sq.km., which is <\/span><b>2.5 times the second largest island in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an <\/span><b>irregular outline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a generally <\/span><b>rocky coast <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">except for sandy bays and mud flats fringing the northwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Irregular table-topped hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> almost cover Qeshm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a hot and arid climate, typical of the Persian Gulf region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island comprises 59 towns and villages with a population of about 120,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/iran-accuses-us-of-attacking-freshwater-desalination-plant-on-gulf-island-11183072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NDTV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qeshm Island, the largest island in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, belongs to Iran and is known for its rocky terrain, arid climate, and strategic location. 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