3 islands help control access to the Strait of Hormuz. They’re in the crosshairs of the Iran war

The U.S. military has targeted three strategically significant islands controlled by Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy chokepoint. The islands, Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunb, were seized by Iran in 1971 and serve as a base for Iran's Revolutionary Guard to monitor and attack shipping. Recent U.S. strikes on the islands have heightened tensions over their disputed ownership.