- Three tiny islands — Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb — total only about 10 square miles but sit at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas flows.
- The U.S. recently struck Abu Musa and Greater Tunb as part of its campaign against Iran, stoking talk of further escalation or even a possible invasion.
- Iran seized the islands in 1971 from what became the UAE; ownership remains disputed and could become a hot political issue once the current fighting subsides.
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