Hormozgan Province

Hormozgan is Iran's southernmost province, running along The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman coasts and astride the strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil supply passes. Its capital, Bandar Abbas, is Iran's largest commercial port and headquarters of the IRGC Navy. The province holds Qeshm and Larak islands, both part of Iran's maritime defence.

It has been a main theatre of the war since 28 February 2026. Hengaw's fifth report put Iran's highest civilian toll here, driven by the strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab that killed 165 children and staff. Israel killed IRGC Navy commander Alireza Tangsiri in an airstrike on Bandar Abbas in late March. On 17 July, as US bombing pushed inland to Ahvaz and Yazd, Iranian state media said bridge strikes in Hormozgan killed at least eight people and wounded 20; neither toll has been independently confirmed. Three fishermen were hurt off Sirik on 14 October when their boat was hit; Tasnim blamed a US drone.

Its coastline controls the chokepoint. Tangsiri built the IRGC toll system that charges vessels up to $2 million per Hormuz transit via Larak Island, which Iran moved to make a permanent institution in April.