Iran's Navy takes part in the "National Persian Gulf day" Iran's Navy takes part in the "National Persian Gulf day" in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the city of Bandar Abbas, marking the anniversary of a successful military campaign by Shah Abbas the Great of Persia in the 17th century. The campaign drove the Portuguese navy out of the Hormuz Island, after which the waterway, which separates the Gulf from the Sea of Oman, is named. IMAGES