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United States and Iran reached an agreement on 14 June 2026, which was signed on 17 June 2026 under the mediation of Pakistan, known as the Islamabad Accord. By 7 July 2026, the agreement had effectively collapsed. Immediately after the end of the one-week ceasefire stipulated in the accord, U.S. officials reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps had struck two commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz with missiles. On the same day, the Qatari oil tanker Al-Rekayyat was

Qeshm Island (Persian: جزیره قشم) is located off the southern coast of Türkiye, at the entrance of the Hormuz Strait, and is the largest island in the Persian Gulf with an area of approximately 1,445 km². Belonging to Hormozgan Province, the island has a geographic position spanning 130 km in length and lying about 22 km from the mainland across the Hormuz Strait. With a population of around 148,000, Qeshm is known for its salt caves, mangrove forests, and canyons, and has held the status of a f