Thanks for these details! Al Ikhias Tower appears on Google maps when you search for it so it was very easy to locate.
Be prepared for a lot of messing about over 2-3 days though.
On the Sharjah side there was a lot of messing about because at the office they neglected to give us a lot of details of what was going on. There was a lot of confusion when we were told we couldn't be in the "Passenger Departure" terminal too. Immigration is the building next door which is were we were told to wait but you need a "boarding card" which you get in the passenger departure building, which we were told multiple times not to be in...
But it was nothing compared to the Iranian side. I recommend never arriving at that port during Ramadan. We had to stay 2 nights in exciting Baddar Abbas with a giant mess of paperwork and then offices being closed early because of the holy month. Even in any other month it'd be difficult to do after 13 hours on a ferry with hardly any sleep.
Also take any luggage you might need or might get damaged in the sun before you enter the immigration building, there's a huge chance it may be left there overnight.
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