Abadan Island
Abadan Island is located in Iran
Abadan Island
Abadan Island
Geography
LocationKhuzestan, Iran
Coordinates30°05′N 48°32′E / 30.083°N 48.533°E / 30.083; 48.533
Administration
Iran

Abadan Island is an island in Iran and is the site of the city of Abadan. The island hosted Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's Abadan Refinery,[1] around which Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh's nationalization movement was centered.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Ābādān - Iran". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. "BP and Iran: The Forgotten History". cbsnews. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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