Ahvaz in a sentence

On Tuesday, online videos and photos showed teachers demonstrating in a number of Iranian cities, including Ahvaz, Isfahan, Karaj, Mashhad, Rasht, Sanandaj, Saqqez and Shiraz.

And it's not just extreme weather folk living in Ahvaz have to endure, with the city ranked as the most polluted in the world by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2011.

Mourners attend a funeral ceremony for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone strike, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, Sunday, Jan.

Dashti’s work has always focused on the legacy of conflict, a fallout that continues around Ahvaz both physically – the rivers are poisoned, the wheat fields barren – and psychologically.

AHVAZ, Dec. 03 (MNA) – The former coach of Team Melli and Persepolis FC, came back to Iran after 7 years to manage Foolad Khuzestan football club in Iran Professional League (IPL).

Ahvaz, the capital of Shia-majority Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province, is home to the country’s Arab minority.

Demonstrators attend a pro-government rally in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, on Wednesday.

In a statement quoting a Foreign Ministry official, the Syrian government said Saturday it condemns in the “strongest terms” the attack on the military parade in Ahvaz.

Iran has stepped up security in border areas after gunmen in September opened fire on a military parade in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz, killing 25 people, almost half of them members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards corps.

More recently, the deadly attack on a military parade in southwestern Iranian province of Ahvaz claimed almost 30 lives, including children.

Of the 25 people killed, 12 were from Ahvaz and the rest from elsewhere in Khuzestan.

On April 16 the victims of the scam staged protests in front of the offices of these institutions in Tehran, Mashad, Ahvaz and Rasht.

The Saturday terrorist attack on a military parade in Ahvaz has left 25 people dead and 60 others injured.

The video tweeted and later deleted by the semi-official Fars news agency comes as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Riyadh and Abu Dhabi for the attack in the city of Ahvaz on Saturday that killed at least 25 people and wounded over 60.

While responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Iranian ethnic Arab separatist Ahvaz National Resistance, Rouhani accused Washington and its Gulf allies of providing material support to such anti-government groups.

In November, Saddam ordered his forces to advance towards Dezful and Ahvaz, and lay sieges to both cities.

The fall of Bostan exacerbated the Iraqis' logistical problems, forcing them to use a roundabout route from Ahvaz to the south to resupply their troops.

The Iraqis carried out 150 air sorties against the Iranians, and even bombed Dezful, Ahvaz, and Khorramshahr in retribution.