Farsi Island (Persian: جزیره فارسی, romanized: jazīreye fârsī) is a tiny, barren Iranian island (Bushehr province) in the Persian Gulf.
The center of Farsi Island is located at latitude 27° 59' 36" N and longitude 50° 10' 22" E. Its maximum elevation is 4 metres (13 ft).
[3] The United States entered the Persian gulf to protect Kuwaiti oil shipments.
Iran planted naval mines near Farsi Island on the route of the first convoy, consisting of US navy vessels escorting the Kuwaiti oil tanker Bridgeton, which hit one of the mines.
[4] The incident prompted talks between the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the U.S. State Department regarding their release.