ABSTRACT
On a clear day, from the embankment of the Shatt al Arab ( lit., The Arab River) – Arvand Rud (River), to the Iranians – near the Iranian city of Khorramshahr, you can see, beyond the mid-channel island covered with yellowing tall grass, Iraqi territory. Here the Shatt al Arab is only 75 yards (70 meters) wide, about a third of its girth at its mouth in the Gulf.
