{"id":160410,"date":"2025-12-10T21:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=160410"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:25:45","slug":"iran-formally-registers-its-three-strategic-gulf-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=160410","title":{"rendered":"Iran Formally Registers Its Three Strategic Gulf Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iran has officially registered its ownership of the three islands in the Persian Gulf, as newly issued cadastral documents reaffirm the country&#8217;s sovereignty over these territories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deeds for Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa have now been formally recorded under the name of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, solidifying their legal status within the national land registration system. This action further underscores Iran\u2019s longstanding and internationally recognized ties to these strategically located islands.<\/p>\n<p>The 9th of Azar\u2014designated nationally as \u201cThree Iranian Islands Day\u201d\u2014highlights the enduring significance of the islands in the historical consciousness and collective identity of the Iranian people, who regard them as an integral part of the nation\u2019s heritage and territory.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Iranian Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties, the new documents were prepared using precise geomatic surveys and coordinates from the national \u201cShamim\u201d mapping platform. The issuance of these cadastral deeds is expected to strengthen legal protections and reduce the risk of misuse, illegal occupation, unauthorized land-use changes, land grabbing, and encroachment on public lands.<\/p>\n<p>According to the newly issued documents, the ownership deed for Greater Tunb Island\u2014one of Iran\u2019s three islands in the eternally Persian Gulf\u2014covering 10,832,250 square meters, has been formally registered in the name of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The ownership deed for Lesser Tunb Island, encompassing 1,394,179 square meters, had previously been issued in Esfand 1401 (March 2023). Likewise, the ownership deed for Abu Musa Island, measuring 12,722,683 square meters, was issued in Bahman 1399 (February 2021), both recorded under the name of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has officially registered its ownership of the three islands in the Persian Gulf, as newly issued cadastral documents reaffirm the country&#8217;s sovereignty over these territories. The deeds for Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa have now been formally recorded under the name of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, solidifying their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":160411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1373,1372],"class_list":["post-160410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-abu-musa","tag-gulf-islands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/160411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}