Violence in Iran on anniversary of embassy fall Nov 6, 2009
Small, boisterous demonstrations broke out Wednesday in the agricultural hub of Qazvin, the Caspian Sea port city of Rasht, the oil-rich southwestern city of Ahvaz, the eastern holy city of Mashhad and Isfahan, Shiraz and Najafabad in central Iran. Though not as large as demonstrations that erupted immediately after the disputed June elections, Wednesday's protests struck at one of the ideological pillars of the Islamic Republic by showing that a sizable chunk of Iranians disagree with... (San Francisco Chronicle)
With Or Against Us? Nov 6, 2009
The Los Angeles Times reported impassioned protests not just in Tehran, but across smaller cities like Rasht, Ahvaz, Mashhad and Tabriz, against this same gang of mullah tyrants who first took Americans hostage. By "same," we mean literally the same there's a photograph that some intelligence analysts believe to be Iran's ruling president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a 1979 hostage-taker. (Investors Business Daily)
Discontent flares on Iranian campuses Nov 3, 2009
BEIRUT - Students in the southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz in recent days launched an impromptu protest in a campus auditorium. In Kashan yesterday, other students took over the campus cafeteria, singing antigovernment songs. (Boston Globe)
MULLAHS SQUIRM AS DEFIANT IRANIANS HONOR MARTYRS Jul 31, 2009
Demonstrations also took place in Mashhad, Rasht, Kermanshah and Ahvaz, among other provincial centers. Unconfirmed reports suggest more than 1,000 arrests during the demonstrations -- including, in Tehran, two prominent filmmakers, Jaafar Panahy and Mahnaz Muhammadi, who are making a documentary about the anti-regime insurrection. (New York Post -- Opinions)
After a lull, protests revive in Iran Jun 30, 2009
"Watching VOA every night, people call in from far-off provinces Baluchestan, Ahvaz, Ilaam, etc. to curse Khamenei openly and vehemently, and say that 70 percent voted Mousavi in their hometowns, large and small alike," says the witness. "It would appear, based on public feedback, that the election was indeed stolen ... and that this assertion is not mere speculation.". (Christian Science Monitor)
Obama 'troubled' by Iran violence Jun 16, 2009
Page last updated at 08:08 GMT, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:08 UK. Iran to hold election recount. (BBC News -- Americas)
At least seven killed in Iran protests Jun 16, 2009
In the heavily Arab city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border, a crowd of about 2,000 people chanted: "We don't want a dictator!" Police attacked some with batons. 1. (MSNBC -- International)
* Arson attack kills five in Iranian border town Jun 3, 2009
Bombs then hit Tehran and the southwestern city of Ahvaz, which has a sizable Arab minority, killing eight people and wounding scores more. Meanwhile, Israel warned that Iran could have enough fissile material for its first nuclear bomb by the end of this year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Five die in sectarian clashes in southeastern Iran; dozens reported injured Jun 2, 2009
Iranian authorities also discovered a bomb Saturday aboard a plane leaving Iran's southwest city of Ahvaz, which is home to many ethnic Arabs. The New York Times reported that former President Mohammad Khatami was expected to fly on the flight. (Boston Globe)
* Ahmadinejad threatens to reveal all Jun 2, 2009
A bomb was found on board an Iranian airliner soon after takeoff late on Saturday, forcing it to return to the southwestern city of Ahvaz. Air guards chief Mohammad Hasan Kazemi called it a sabotage attempt apparently timed to show instability before the elections. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Iranian security officials defuse bomb on flight Jun 1, 2009
The incident occurred on a Kish Air flight headed to Tehran from Ahvaz in the west of the country near the border with Iraq, the Fars news agency reported ... The plane landed immediately at Ahvaz airport and the bomb was defused ... It was the latest unrest to shake Iran in the run-up to the countrys presidential election on June 12, while Ahvaz itself has witnessed several deadly incidents in recent years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Bomb found, defused aboard Iranian jet Jun 1, 2009
The device was defused after the Tehran-bound Kish Air aircraft with 131 passengers on board made an emergency landing in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, the semi-official Fars news agency reported ... "Minutes after the ... Kish Air flight took off with 131 passengers from Ahvaz to Tehran, security personnel found a homemade bomb" on board, Fars reported ... Ahvaz is the capital of Khuzestan province, where many of Iran's oil fields are located. (MSNBC -- International)
Suspicious Package Forces Return of Iranian Airliner Jun 1, 2009
The plane, carrying 140 passengers, returned to an airport in the southwestern city of Ahvaz 15 minutes after takeoff Saturday after a passenger reported a suspicious package ... The flight was from Ahvaz to the capital, Tehran, about 500 miles to the northeast. (Fox News)
Bomb found in toilet on Iran plane May 31, 2009
According to several Iranian news agencies, the bomb was discovered on a plane shortly after it took off from the oil-rich city of Ahvaz ... The plane turned back to Ahvaz for an emergency landing when the bomb was discovered. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran defuses bomb on plane May 31, 2009
Iranian security officials have defused a handmade bomb on board a domestic flight headed from Ahvaz, in the west of Iran, to the capital Tehran, Fars news agency reported on Sunday ... "The plane landed immediately in Ahvaz airport and the bomb was defused." ... Ahvaz is the capital of Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan province, which borders Iraq and the Gulf. (iAfrica.com)
Gunmen attack Ahmadinejad election campaign centre May 30, 2009
" He said two campaign workers, Nasser and Khodadad Miri, received arm, stomach and shoulder wounds and were taken to hospital. The child was also shot in the stomach and was undergoing surgery, he told IRNA. "The men ran away, but the police chased and arrested them," Sheikhi said. A senior government official who declined to be named told AFP that incidents targeting any election candidates will be investigated. The attack on the mosque and Friday's shooting were reminiscent of a similar... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Timeline: Iran May 30, 2009
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 willing to break impasse with West Apr 16, 2009
Hard line students, surrounded by reformist students as they protest during a session of supporters of leading reformist candidate in upcoming Iranian presidential elections, Mir Hossein Mousavi, unseen, at Chamran university in Ahvaz, near Iran's southwestern border with Iraq, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian). (Globe and Mail)
