Hengam Island (Persian:جزیره هنگام), is an Iranian island located south of Qeshm Island, Iran, in the Persian Gulf. It is 36.6km wide and shaped like a truncated cone. The island is generally calcareous and generally low-lying. The highest point on the island is Nakas Mountain with an altitude of about 106 meters. The distance between Hengam Island and Qeshm Island is about 2km.
The primary economic activity is fishing, as well as some tourism and sightseeing. The main sights of Hengam are the English harbor buildings along with the coal storage, the Portuguese shipwrecks, and aquatic animals such as turtles, dolphins, corals, and sharks.
The Strait of Hormuz flows along a coastal indent in the south of Iran... On the small islands that dot the Strait, including Hormuz, Qeshm and Hengam, ancient movements take centre stage. Here, people believe the winds blown in from faraway lands can possess people and cause them to fall ill ... .
TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the downing of its passenger aircraft by a U.S ... During a memorial ceremony, officials from Iran’s southern Hormozgan province and the families of the tragedy’s victims, who were aboard a vessel, tossed flowers into the waters near the Strait of Hormuz and Hengam Island...U.S.
During a memorial ceremony on Saturday, officials from Iran’s southern Hormozgan province and the families of the tragedy’s victims, who were aboard a vessel, tossed flowers into the waters near the Strait of Hormuz and Hengam Island... “In the incident, 290 people on board the plane were martyred ... In 1990, the captain of the cruiser, William C ... .
By ...Yes, this blood-shedder of tens of millions of people around the world, in an act of cowardly terrorism on the 3rd of July1988 shot down near the Persian Gulf island of Hengam, an Iranian passenger on its regular four-days a week flight from Bandar Abbas to Dubai, killing 290 unsuspecting travelers including 66 children ... The answer is a big No.
Contrary to major European companies who fled the Iranian market for fear of US sanctions, medium-sized companies have found dealing with Iran to be most lucrative ...Oil revenue alternatives ... CBI governor ... six floating wharves for passengers and tourism in Soheili and Gurzin ports in Qeshm and Hengam Islands in the southern Hormozgan Province ... MP ... .
A memorial ceremony was held on Thursday on the eve of the tragedy's anniversary, with the participants, including the families of the victims and local officials, tossing flowers into the waters of Hormozgan Province near Hengam Island. They also chanted slogans such as "Down with the US" and "Down with Israel." ... “What is US human rights? Answer... .