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5 unusual facts about Kish Island


Elham Asghari

Asghari's problems with her performances began in 2010, when she decided to swim around Kish Island in three days, overseen by a representative from the ministry of sports.

F.C. Shahrdari Bandar Abbas

At the end of the 2005–06 season Esteghlal Kish, a team based on the island of Kish were dissolved and their licence was purchased by Shahrdari Bandar Abbas, allowing them to compete in the Azadegan League for the 2006–07 season where they were successful and nearly managed to get promotion to the Professional League.

Hamid Baqai

On 21 May 2011, he was banned from public offices for four years because he was exposed as having a part in a multi-million dollar embezzlement during the construction of a building in Kish Island.

Saha Airlines

On 20 April 2005, Saha Airlines Flight 171, a Boeing 707-320C, registration EP-SHE, flying from Kish Island, crashed on landing at Mehrabad Airport, Tehran following an unstabilised approach with a higher than recommended airspeed.

William Gore Ouseley

Keis produced his cat; the noxious animals soon disappeared, and magnificent rewards were bestowed on the adventurer of Síraf, who returned to that city, and afterwards, with his mother and brothers, settled on the island, which from him has been denominated Keis, or according to the Persians, Keish.


Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone

Chabahar free trade–industrial zone was established in 1992 along with the two other free trade zones Qeshm and Kish Island to use global expertise (mostly from South East Asia) as a tool for the development of the country, accelerating the accomplishment of infrastructure, creation of employment, and representation in global markets.


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