evidence: Kamrani said that the Abu Musa Island, with its strategic position in the Persian Gulf, is of special importance in securing the national interests and security of Iran. The official emphasized the need to increase investment and facilities in Abu Musa to develop the island and to solve the problems of the people residing in the region, adding that Abu Musa belongs to all Iranians. [...] The 12.8-square-kilometer Abu Musa, along with two other Iranian islands of Greater and Lesser Tunb, sit near important oil shipping channels at the mouth of the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the eastern parts of the Persian Gulf.