Abadan Island is an island in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It is the site of the city of
Abadan. The island hosted
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's
Abadan Refinery
The Abadan refinery ( fa, پالایشگاه آبادان ''Pālāyeshgāh-e Ābādān'') is an oil refinery located in Abadan near the coast of the Persian Gulf.
History
Built by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later BP) on the basis of a lease o ...
, around which
Mohammad Mossadegh's nationalization movement was centered.
See also
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Tidal irrigation at Abadan island, Iran
References
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Islands of Iran
Landforms of Khuzestan Province