As a US plane over the weekend, the tiny Iranian island of Kharg (international spelling Kharg, editor) covered in a carpet of bombsIran reported more than 15 explosions, the US military said 90 targets were destroyed, and Donald Trump announced more bombs on television, “just for fun“. No people are said to have lost their lives so far.
Iran needs this island: more than 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports go through it. But on the 20 square kilometers of coral rock Unique traces of ancient cultures also survive. The Iranian-American linguist Habib Borjian is one of the few scientists who have systematically researched Charg. In this interview he talks about enigmatic inscriptions, a little-researched historic irrigation system and the poems of the last island poet.