Military operation
Open on the mapseizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
30 Nov 1971 · 26.13° N, 55.16° E
What the records say
- When
- 30 Nov 1971
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 26.13° N, 55.16° E
- Description
- 1971 Iranian seizure of three islands in the Persian Gulf
Placed at the middle of the 3 places Wikidata lists.
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Iranian forces occupy the Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa (joint occupation by agreement with Sharjah) and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs (taken by force from…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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