Beneath the salt caves and mangrove forests of Qeshm Island, Iran’s strategic “underground missile cities” are now pivotal in the ongoing US-Israel conflict. Once a tourism hotspot, the island has seen military escalations, including a US airstrike on a desalination plant that cut off water to 30 villages, prompting retaliatory strikes by Iran. Qeshm, crucial for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, houses advanced military capabilities aimed at securing this vital energy transit route.
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