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…
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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…
Locusts hit Iran’s southern provinces
Radio Farda – Iranian Plant Protection Organization (IPPO) warned on Thursday, April 18, that if the necessary budget for fighting desert locusts…
‘Home-made equipment to join Iranian army navy’: commander
MNA – A number of domestically manufactured equipment will be supplied to the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, the Navy Rear Admiral…
No power dares to attack Iran for next 80 years: senior official
MNA – Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said that Iran’s security is strengthened to the…
Petchem projects launched in Khuzestan
SHANA – The governor of Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran, inaugurated two petrochemical projects in Mahshahr Petrochemical Especial Economic Zone (PETZONE). The projects,…
Unknown people kill 2 police officers in SW Iran
IRNA – Unknown people’s shooting toward a police car in Bandar-e Emam Khomeini, Khuzestan Province has claimed the lives of two police…
Photos: Daffodil festival underway in Iran’s Behbahan
ILNA | Seyed Khalil Moosavi: The city of Behbahan in the east of Iran’s Khuzestan Province is known for its ancient Daffodil…
Quake jolts SW Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Hoveizeh in southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan on Tuesday. According to…
Four arrested in Iran sugar protests
Bourse and Bazaar – Four people were arrested in southwestern Iran on Sunday as locals joined striking sugar workers in mounting protests…
Iran rejects execution of suspects linked to Ahvaz terror attack
Tehran Times – The governor of Khuzestan Province on Monday rejected as false a recent report which claimed 22 individuals who were…
43 ancient coins discovered in SW Iran
IRNA – The protection unit of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Khuzestan Province confiscated 43 coins dating back to…
NISOC launches smokeless flare in Khuzestan
SHANA — The National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) launched a smokeless gas flare in Ahwaz, southwestern Iran, in a push to…
Two terrorist attacks defused in S, W Iran: Intelligence Ministry
MNA – Iranian intelligence ministry in an announcement on Tuesday evening said that the ministry managed to foil two terrorist attacks in…