The ‘orphan pearl’: Inside Kharg, the beating heart of Iran’s oil empire

On Iran's 'Forbidden Island' of Kharg, ancient ruins sit beside the nerve centre of the nation's oil empire.

The ‘orphan pearl’: Inside Kharg, the beating heart of Iran’s oil empire
On Iran's 'Forbidden Island' of Kharg, ancient ruins sit beside the nerve centre of the nation's oil empire.