Timeline: Iran Nov 13, 2008
Bomb attacks in the southern city of Ahvaz - the scene of sporadic unrest in recent months - kill eight people and injure more than 40. 2006 February - IAEA votes to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear activities. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran training assassination squads, U.S. says Aug 19, 2008
The official confirmed that the training was being conducted by Iran's Quds force and elements of Lebanese at four locations inside Iran: Qom, Tehran, Ahvaz and Mashhad. The United States this week gave the Iraqi government a list of the expected targets of the assassination squads, which would include Iraqi judges, Iraqi government officials and U.S. and troops. (CNN -- World)
Iraqi Terror Squads Training in Iran Aug 15, 2008
The officer said training is going on in at least four locations in Iran: Qom, Tehran, Ahvaz and Mashhad. The elite Quds Force is a branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. (Fox News)
US: Quds, Hezbollah training hit squads in Iran Aug 15, 2008
The officer said training is going on in at least four locations in Iran: Qom, Tehran, Ahvaz and Mashhad. The number of "special group criminals" the U.S. name for Iraqi fighters sponsored by Iran is unknown but is estimated in the hundreds and possibly more than 1,000. (AL.com)
Iran: Courts Chip Away At Millionaires Sentence Jun 3, 2008
Jazaeri emerged from modest beginnings and worked as a shopkeeper in the western city of Ahvaz until his mid-20s. By the time he was arrested in 2001, at the age of 29, Jazaeri had made some $180 million by his own account. (EurasiaNet.org)
46 comments May 20, 2008
Israel, conversely, has more than 10 Iranian cities on its hit list including Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, Qazvin, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman, Qom, Ahvaz, and Kermanshah. Cordseman also noted that Iran would have lower fission yields, and less accurate force into cluster targeting on Israels two largest urban complexes, and that the Iranian side would also most likely be thwarted by Israels missile defense systems. (Human Events Online)
Iran tries to develop oil fields on its own May 13, 2008
The Azadegan field is about 56 kilometers, or 35 miles, west of Ahvaz, a city near the Iraqi border, and it is a prime example of the challenges of going it alone under sanctions. Iran estimates that the field holds reserves of about 33 billion barrels, making it one of the largest reserves worldwide. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Iran hangs a dozen criminals, including nine drug traffickers May 6, 2008
Meanwhile, three criminals convicted of kidnapping and raping at least 11 girls were sent to the gallows in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Sunday, the Quds newspaper reported. The hangings bring to at least 86 the number of executions in Iran so far this year, an AFP count shows. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bomb blast in Iran mosque kills 9 Apr 13, 2008
In 2006, blasts killed nine people in Ahvaz near the Iraq border. Iran alleges that the United States, Israel, and Britain are behind the upsurge in militant activity and says it has intelligence to support the allegation. (Boston Globe)
IN IRAN VOTE, A SILENT DISSENT Apr 13, 2008
A similar pattern was seen in Mash'had, Isfahan, Shiraz, Ahvaz and Rasht, provincial capitals where the Khomeinist establishment received a bloody nose. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Russia gas pact energizes Iran Feb 27, 2008
The first phase of early production from the giant Azadegan oilfield, west of Ahvaz in Iranian Khuzestan, is already on. According to Iranian estimates, Azadegan holds no less than 33 billion barrels of crude oil. (Asia Times Online)
IRAN VOWS SECOND NUKE PLANT Dec 18, 2007
The location is also sometimes spelled Darkhovin, or referred to by other nearby place names, including Ahvaz, Esteghlal and Karun. Today in Africa & Middle East. (The Drudge Report)
If Iran's Guards strike back ... Nov 30, 2007
A basic scenario involves a comprehensive US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, naval forces, information and technology support system (especially those linked to nuclear sites in Bushehr, Isfahan and Tehran) and finally the bombing of IRGC ground force units stationed near the strategic cities of Abadan, Ahvaz, Chah Bahar, Dezful, Hamadan, Khoramshahr and Mashahd. The United States, possibly with the help of Israel, could help stave off Iranian retaliation by destroying Iran's command air... (Asia Times Online)
Moderate Quake Hits Iran, 30 Reported Hurt Nov 21, 2007
It was felt in the provincial capital Ahvaz and elsewhere. "Some 30 students were slightly hurt as they were trying to leave schools when the earthquake happened," ISNA news agency quoted a local official, Shapour Rostami, as saying. (Planet Ark, United States)
Quake hits Iranian oil-rich area Nov 20, 2007
The quake occurred near the town of Ghaleh-tal in an eastern part of Khuzestan province and the tremor was felt in the provincial capital Ahvaz and elsewhere, IRNA news agency said. Khuzestan is the heartland of the oil industry in the world's number four producer but most oil fields lie further west and south from the reported epicentre of the quake. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
IRAN'S ARAB UNREST Sep 6, 2007
Last month, bands of Arab youths ran riot in the streets of Ahvaz (Khuzestan's capital), attacking government offices and banks and setting official cars on fire ... Among them was Thamer Ahvazi, a top pop star. (New York Post -- Opinions)
IRAN BLACKS OUT DAY OF PROTEST Aug 14, 2007
Several other major cities saw similar demonstrations, including Ahvaz, Arak, Sanandaj, Shiraz and Tabriz. Everywhere, the protesters took care to keep their actions within the law. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Wahhabi opponent killed in Iran Jun 27, 2007
Hojjat ol-Eslam Seymari supervised 20 mosques and "stood against the Wahhabis' investment and strong onslaught in the city of Ahvaz", the paper added. The representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in Khuzestan Province said the cleric had been martyred "at the hands of the mercenaries of Satan". (BBC News -- Africa)
In Tehran's Martyrs' Museum, Iran courts new believers Jun 6, 2007
Martyrdom: Iran's supreme religious leaders loom over a martyrs' cemetery in Ahvaz, Iran. Scott Peterson/Getty Images. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Al Jazeera in Iran parliament ban May 7, 2007
Al-Jazeera's Tehran bureau was shut down by the authorities in April 2005 amid accusations of stirring up violence in its coverage of clashes in the ethnic Arab majority city of Ahvaz and only reopened 14 months later. Source: Agencies. (Aljazeera.Net)
Robert Tait: A bitter legacy Mar 30, 2007
I first became aware of this conviction 18 months ago on a visit to Ahvaz, capital of the south-western province of Khuzestan. A bomb attack - the latest in a series - had killed six people in the city's main street. (Guardian Unlimited)
How Iran's true believers pass the torch Mar 27, 2007
AHVAZ AND DEZFUL, IRAN - Mohamad Reza Rashidi's devotion is measured by the plastic water bottle he brings to the cemetery every few days to wash the dusty gravestone of his favorite martyr ... "It could be a message to tell the US that we are not afraid of them," he adds, standing in the expansive Ahvaz war cemetery amid a sea of flapping Iranian flags. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Reporters on the Job Mar 27, 2007
Ultimately, permission was granted instead to visit two cities, Ahvaz and Dezful, both 45 miles from the Iraq border but close enough so that Dezful was hit by 180 Iraqi missiles (). David Clark Scott World editor. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Revolutionary Guards die in Iran border bus blast Feb 15, 2007
Eleven Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed yesterday when a bomb destroyed their bus in a volatile border area of Iran. The violence threatened to exacerbate tensions with the West, already high because of the stand-off over Iran s nuclear programme. (Times Online)
Bomb kills 18 on military bus in Iran Feb 15, 2007
Besides the violence in the southeast, ethnic Arab Sunni militants have been blamed for bombings in the western city of Ahvaz including blasts in 2006 that killed nine people. Iranian Kurds based in northern Iraq have also stepped up incursions into Iran. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Iran to produce nuclear fuel for industrial uses soon Jan 4, 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to supporters during his visit to Ahvaz, 881 km (550 miles) south of Tehran, January 2, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Resolution 1737 against UN Charter: Iran Pres. Jan 3, 2007
Ahmadinejad, who arrived in the southwestern Khuzestan province Tuesday morning on a four-day visit along with his cabinet ministers, made the remark while addressing enthusiastic people of Ahvaz city ... " The president's current visit to the oil-rich province is his 24th to various provinces of the country since the start of his initiative of bringing the government closer to the people. LATEST NEWS . . . . RELATED NEWS . . . . . . . . . . EMAIL THIS ARTICLE Your Name: Your Own E-mail: E-mail... (IranMania News)
* Ahmadinejad says Iran's nuclear plans are still on Jan 3, 2007
"The Iranian nation is wise and will stick to its nuclear work and is ready to defend it completely," Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech to a rally in the southern city of Ahvaz. "The UN resolution against Iran's atomic work has no validity for Iranians.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Iran vows to give West countries "historic slap" if attacked Jan 3, 2007
"The Iranian nation will deliver a historic slap in the world powers' face if they resurrected again against Iran after supporting during his war with Iran," the president told a large crowd in Ahvaz, provincial capital of Khuzestan in the southwest. Ahmadinejad said the West only used the pretext of opposing nuclear weapons to prevent Iran from developing, adding that "we have done everything to convince these corrupt and selfish powers to believe our nuclear program is peaceful.". (People's Daily Online)
Iran vows to 'humiliate' U.S. Jan 3, 2007
Speaking in the southwestern provincial capital of Ahvaz, Ahmadinejad said the Security Council's resolution last month was invalid and had left the world body's reputation in tatters ... Some people in the crowd in Ahvaz on Tuesday tried to remind the president of the need to address domestic problems. (CNN -- World)
