Iranian pilgrims destined for Iraq in defiance of travel ban halted
Tasnim – The Iranian Police have peacefully dispersed hundreds of people at a southwestern border crossing as they tried to go to…
Tag Archives: Iran’s Khuzestan Province
Armed separatist team destroyed in southern Iran
FNA – Police Chief of Iran’s Southwestern province of Khuzestan Brigadier General Heydar Abbas-Zadeh said that an armed separatist team has been…
Ayatollah Sistani’s office announces its readiness to build a hospital in Khuzestan, south Iran
IRNA – Public Relations of Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Ahvaz announced that a 120-bed general hospital will be built by…
Imam Khomeini Port handles 9.3m tons of goods in three months
Financial Tribune – A total of 9.3 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in the southern Imam Khomeini Port during…
Middle East’s largest gas refinery to open in August in Khuzestan
Financial Tribune – Persian Gulf Bid Boland Gas Refinery in Khuzestan Province will be operational in August, the managing director said. “The…
Army ready to help extinguish potential wildfire in Khuzestan prov.
MNA – A senior commander of the Army Khuzestan expressed the force’s readiness to contain possible wildfires in the province. Second Brigadier…
5 Iranian provinces on virus red alert
Financial Tribune – Iran recorded its highest single-day rise in Covid-19 cases in the past six days with 2,369 additional infections. Contagion-related…
Iran arrests ‘separatists’ in southwest Khuzestan province
Al-Monitor – The Iranian authorities have arrested members of a separatist group in the country’s southwest. The move follows a protest in…
Khuzestan curbs return as Covid-19 cases climb
Financial Tribune – The resurgence of the novel coronavirus in southwest Iran has forced authorities to reintroduce stringent measures, warning that other…
Iran locks down southwest county after spike in coronavirus cases
Reuters – A county in southwestern Iran has been placed under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Tasnim news agency reported…
30 ships carrying basic goods take berth at Bandar Imam Khomeini
MNA – A number of 30 ships, carrying basic goods and commodities, took berth at Bandar Imam Khomeini (RA) in the first…
Photos: Dehdez; a hidden paradise in southwest of Iran
ISNA | Morteza Zangane: Dehdez, a city in Izeh County of Khuzestan Province in the southwest of Iran, is considered as a…
Alcohol kills 14 in Iran in misguided effort to kill virus
Bloomberg – Fourteen people in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province died overnight from alcohol poisoning, the Fars News Agency reported Monday, as some…
Drone makes emergency landing in SW Iran
IRNA – The public relations department of the IRGC aerospace in a statement announced that a Shahed-129 drone has made emergency landing…
Provincial Basij cmdr assassinated in southwest Iran
IRNA – Basij (volunteer forces) commander of Darkhovin, a city in southwestern Khuzestan Province was assassinated early on Wednesday. Abdolhosein Mojaddami was…
IRGC launches over 2,600 development projects in SW Iran
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) inaugurated more than 2,600 development projects with the aim of alleviating deprivation in villages…
Official: Iran to announce discovery of new oil field soon
Press TV – The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) expects to announce the discovery of a new oil field in Khuzestan province…
5 Richter earthquake jolts SW Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook the Iranian city of Saland, Khuzestan Province on Sunday. According to…
Iranian city hit by flood mismanagement, mystery deaths
Al-Monitor – Much of the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz remains inundated by floodwater after being struck with nearly four hours of…
Photos: Heavy torrential rainfalls hit Ahvaz
ISNA | Mahnaz Dezhban, Behnaz Joshan & Reza Soleimani Rouzbahani: Heavy torrential rainfalls hit across the southern city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan province…
Iran arrests 79 rioters in Khuzestan: Intelligence Ministry
Press TV – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says the country’s security forces have arrested 79 main elements behind recent riots, which erupted in…
Magnitude 4.9 quake jolts SW Iran
Tasnim – An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit an area in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan on Friday night…
Rioters caught shooting at people in Iran’s Khuzestan province
Tasnim – Rioters were filmed shooting at people and security forces in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan following peaceful protests over price…
Protests strike Iran cities over gasoline prices rising
AP — Protesters angered by Iran raising subsidized gasoline prices blocked traffic in several cities and clashed occasionally with police Saturday, the…
Iran names newly-discovered oilfield Namavaran
SHANA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said that the newly-discovered oilfield in Khuzesan was named Namavaran, adding the field had…
Iran downs ‘intruding foreign’ drone over Persian Gulf coast
Press TV – Iran’s Army has shot down an unidentified drone that was violating Iran’s airspace near the port city of Mahshahr…
50% growth in essential goods imports from Iran’s Imam Khomeini port
Financial Tribune – Close to 9 million tons of essential goods were unloaded at Imam Khomeini Port located in the southern Khuzestan…
Iran foils 2 bombing plots in Arbaeen
Tasnim – Iran’s intelligence forces have thwarted two plots for bombing attacks on pilgrims who travel to Iraq in the Arbaeen season,…
Imam Khomeini Port operations rise 59%
Financial Tribune – A total of 23 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded at Imam Khomeini Port in the southern…
Maritime guards seize smuggled fuel cargoes in SW Iran
MNA – According to deputy of Khuzestan border commander, maritime guards have seized two fishing vessels and identified 7,400 liters of smuggled…
Zero flaring projects deliver
Financial Tribune – To reduce gas flaring in Khuzestan Province to zero the construction of a plant to collect 1.5 million cubic…
Iran coast guard seizes big haul of drug in Persian Gulf
Tasnim – The Iranian Coast Guard has captured a big haul of opium off the coast of the southwestern port city of…
Photos: Magnitude 5.7 quake hits southwest Iran
ISNA | Alireza Mohammadi: An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit an area in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan on…
EU environmental experts visit areas prone to dust storms in Khuzestan province
MNA – A four-member team of European experts has visited areas in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, which are prone to creating…
Iranian consortium inks MOU with NIOC to develop oilfield
Tehran Times – National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with a domestic consortium for developing Band-e-Karkheh oilfield…
Photos: Migrating Flamingos in Shadegan wetland
ISNA | Moosa Madhaji: Migratory flamingos have returned to Shadegan wetland near Khuzestan, southern Iran, following substantial rainfalls in the area.
Euro-4 petrol distributed in Khuzestan
SHANA — The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) has issued a statement announcing distribution of Euro-4 petrol in three main…
Photos: Virgin nature of Dehdez
IRNA – The astonishing beauty of areas surrounding Dehdez town in Iran’s Khuzestan province would surprise every visitor coming to the region…
Drilling rigs resume operation in Khuzestan
SHANA — 6 drilling rigs whose operation was halted due to recent flash floods in western Iran have now resumed their activities…
Rouhani: Enemies’ plot to tell lies about drought in Iran
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that one of the enemies’ plots, especially the Zionist regime and the US, is…