Abadan Island Explained

Abadan Island
Pushpin Map:Iran
Pushpin Map Width:220
Coordinates:30.0833°N 80°W
Location:Khuzestan, Iran
Country:Iran

Abadan Island is an island in the delta of the Shatt al-Arab in Iran and is the site of the city of Abadan. The island hosted Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's Abadan Refinery,[1] around which Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh's nationalization movement was centered.[2] Iran and the Ottomans had long had competing claims over Ābādān Island, which was ceded to Iran by Turkey in 1847.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ābādān - Iran . Encyclopedia Britannica . 3 June 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: BP and Iran: The Forgotten History . cbsnews . 3 June 2018 . en.
  3. Encyclopedia: 2000 . Abadan . . 6 . 2.

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