Coinciding with National Persian Gulf Day and on the occasion of holding the 16th International Cultural-Artistic Festival of the Persian Gulf, the flag of Iran was hoisted on Hormuz Island.

During the ceremony, the Iranian Navy Orchestra performed the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Persian Gulf National Day is an official holiday in Iran observed on the 10th day of Ordibehesht, the second month in the Iranian calendar.

The holiday commemorates the day that Iranian forces expelled the Portuguese from the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.

Hossein Vaez - seyed mohammad kazemi