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	AHVAZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The township of Ahvaz is situated in the central portion of the Iranian province of Khuzestan and has a warm and humid climate.
		Ahvaz is the center and largest city of the province and is located 874 km.
		During the period of Omavi and Abbasides Caliphs, Ahvaz city flourished and became the center for the cultivation of sugar-cane.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ah/Ahvaz.htm (296 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ahvaz, Iran (Iranian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Ahvaz became the seat of a bishopric, and a large church was built there.
		The new part of Ahvaz, the administrative and industrial center, is on the right bank of the Karun, but the population still is concentrated in the old section on the left bank.
		Ahvaz is linked by road, rail, and oil pipeline to ports on the Persian Gulf.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Ahvaz.html (231 words)

	Ahvaz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The newer part of Ahvaz, the administrative and industrial center, has been built on the right bank of the Karun; residential areas are found in the old section of the city, on the left bank.
		Ahvaz - then named Ōhrmazd-Ardašēr - was built near the beginning of the Sassanid dynasty on what historians believe to have been the site of the old city of Taryana, a notable city under the Persian Achaemenid dynasty.
		Ahvaz was devastated in the bloody Mongol invasions of the 13th and 14th centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahvaz (1034 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Bombs Kill 8, Wound 75 in Iran Before Election
		Iran was struck by a wave of deadly bomb attacks in Ahvaz and in capital Tehran on Sunday, ahead of presidential elections.
		In the Ahvaz blasts, two of the dead were women, and 70 people were wounded, the officials said.
		The bombs in Ahvaz, 550 km (340 miles) southwest of Tehran, targeted the governor's office, as well as two local government departments and a housing complex for state media employees.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-6-12/29489.html (692 words)

	Ahvaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ahvaz is the capital of the Khuzistan Province with 4.3 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 63,213 km².
		Ahvaz is important as a transportation centre, thanks to a rail junction and navigation center provided by the Karun River.
		Ahvaz is a very old city, known by the Achaemenids as Tareiana.
	i-cias.com /e.o/ahvaz.htm (202 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Ahvaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ahvaz was the seat of Khuzestan province in ancient times, having been established by Ardashēr-i Pāpagān (additional info and facts about Ardashēr-i Pāpagān), founder of the Sassanid dynasty (additional info and facts about Sassanid dynasty).
		During the period of Ummayad and Abbasid (additional info and facts about Abbasid) Caliphs, Ahvaz flourished; it was a center for the cultivation of sugar-cane.
		Ahvaz was devastated in the bloody Mongol invasions of the 13th and 14th centuries CE.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ah/ahvaz.htm (1185 words)

	Ahvaz, Iran, Pictures
		Ahvaz is one of Iran's largest cities and the center of the region's oil industry.
		Ahvaz has long served as a shipping hub for river traffic and is also a regional center for air, highway, and rail transportation.
		Ahvaz is a major supply and distributing center for the oil fields that lie to the north and for several oil pipelines that pass through the city.
	www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Iran/Ahvaz_city.html (218 words)

	Talk:Ahvaz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ahvaz and Ahwaz are merely different pronunciations of the same word.
		Ahvaz is the name of an Iranian city which its Persian name has been Arabicized and the Arabs have accepted the Persian dictation of the word.
		Ahvaz is of Iranian origin, and I am not sure who is the one responsible for messing up the page.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Ahvaz (13767 words)

	Ahvaz
		Situated on the River Karun, the city is an important administrative and supply centre for the southwestern Iranian oilfields, and is connected by rail to Tehran and the Gulf.
		Ahvaz was badly damaged during the Iran–Iraq war (1980–88).
		Ahvaz was formerly a junction point for several ancient routes, and is built on the ruins of a much older city.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0060774.html (126 words)

	Iran detains more than 20 over bombings - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pourmohammadi said the Ahvaz explosions were a continuation of previous explosions which, he claimed, were guided from abroad.
		Ahvaz is near the border with southern Iraq, where 8,500 British soldiers are based as part of the U.S.-led military coalition.
		In April, Ahvaz suffered two days of riots after Arab separatists circulated reports that Iran's government planned to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the area.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/10/18/iran_detains_more_than_20_over_bombings (508 words)

	Iran-Explosions, 2nd Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		State-run television quoted hospital officials as saying at least eight people were killed and 86 injured in four bomb explosions in Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern Khuzestan province bordering Iraq.
		Ahvaz was the site of recent violent protests over alleged plans to alter the proportion of Arabs and non-Arabs in the region.
		Ahvaz also was the site of two days of violent demonstrations in April after reports circulated of an alleged plan to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the area.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050612/w061250.html (627 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ahvaz (Iran), June 12 (Reuters): Bomb blasts in Tehran and the southwestern oil city of Ahvaz killed at least seven people and wounded 73 today, five days before Iran’s presidential election.
		The Popular Democratic Front of Ahvaz, which is campaigning for an independent Khuzestan, denied it was behind the attacks, but said another Arab group calling itself the Ahvazi Revolutionary Martyrs’ Brigades had claimed responsibility.
		The bombs targeted the governor’s office in Ahvaz, 550 km southwest of Tehran, as well as two local government departments and a housing complex for state media employees.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050613/asp/foreign/story_4861092.asp (330 words)

	Iranian Authorities Look Into Bomb Blasts
		Another bomb was hidden in the doorway of the house of a radio and television official in Ahvaz.
		The Interior Ministry yesterday connected the bombings to the ethnic unrest this spring in Ahvaz, in southwestern Iran close to the Iraqi border.
		Alireza Nourizadeh, a London-based journalist and director of the Center for Iranian-Arab Studies, says the bombings in Ahvaz and Tehran could in fact be related to the earlier unrest.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/jun/1087.html (663 words)

	Iran: Over 20 suspects arrested in connection with Ahvaz bomb blasts
		Meanwhile, an explosive device placed under a bridge in Ahvaz was neutralized by provincial police Monday.
		Ahvaz police rushed to the scene at 17:00 hours local time (13:30 GMT) on Monday upon a tip-off and neutralize it, according to a police officer.
		He said that the terrorist attacks in Ahvaz had foreign origin and the individuals involved in the bombings have been trained outside the borders.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/oct/1169.html (344 words)

	Iran hit by wave of bombings ahead of vote, blames US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Iran was struck by a wave of deadly bomb attacks in this restive southwestern city and in the capital Tehran, with the Islamic regime accusing US-backed "terrorists" of seeking to destabilise the country ahead of presidential elections.
		Ahvaz was hit by several days of ethnic unrest in April, with the 26-year-old Islamic regime blaming "counter-revolutionaries" linked to an exiled ethnic Arab group.
		An AFP reporter in Ahvaz said the area around the local governor's office, one of three public buildings targeted, was strewn with shards of glass and rubble.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=46561 (863 words)

	USATODAY.com - Death toll in Iran explosions rises to 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ahvaz is the capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province, bordering Iraq.
		The overnight death in the hospital brought the number killed in Sunday's bombings to 10 — nine in Ahvaz and one in Tehran.
		The two days of violent protests in Ahvaz took place after reports circulated of an alleged plan to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the area.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-06-12-iran-bombs_x.htm (566 words)

	Iran: Handling Of Ahvaz Unrest Could End With Televised Confessions - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The riots in Ahvaz and several nearby habitations apparently were triggered by a letter signed by former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi that called for forcibly relocating the local Arab population and replacing it with Persians.
		Ahvaz prosecutor Iraj Amirkhani said on 21 April that most of the detainees are less than 20 years old, IRNA reported on the same day.
		He met with local leaders, and he stressed that ethnic Arabs are an integral part of the country but acknowledged that Khuzestan Province suffers from "underdevelopment and war destruction problems," IRNA reported on 21 April.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/04/cf5cec5f-9395-4997-99f7-00af615aa562.html (959 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Iran: UK behind Ahvaz blasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Thousands of people took part on Monday in the funeral in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, of the six people who were killed when bombs exploded on Saturday in a shopping centre in the southwestern town.
		On Sunday, Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said he believed the Ahvaz explosions were a continuation of previous explosions which he claimed were guided from abroad.
		Ahvaz is close to the border with southern Iraq, where 8500 British soldiers are based as part of the US-led military coalition.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/DC0A32FD-D20C-4ECC-A53A-B45E2EEB7F85.htm (298 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Ahvaz bombings seen as warning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ahvaz's deputy governor Rahim Fazilatpur named those responsible as the Arab Martyrs of Khuzestan, the Arab People's Democratic Front and the Armed Renaissance Group of Ahvaz.
		Rejecting any talk of independence, Ahvaz resident Hasan Ali told Aljazeera.net on Wednesday that most people in the region were living in extreme poverty.
		What is taking place in Ahvaz was not born today, but has its roots and is related to the Ahvaz people's struggle for the achievement of their usurped rights.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/2EA85595-A597-4786-85F6-2CF185776D7D.htm (1450 words)

	Blasts in Iran Kill Nine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At least four women were among those killed in the explosions in Ahvaz, capital of the southwestern Khuzestan province bordering Iraq.
		The explosions follow recent violent protests in Ahvaz over alleged plans to alter the proportion of Arabs and non-Arabs in the region.
		Ahvaz was the site of two days of violent demonstrations in April after reports circulated of an alleged plan to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the area.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=65296&d=13&m=6&y=2005 (690 words)

	Ahvaz -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Ahvaz is situated on both banks of the Karun River where it crosses a low range of sandstone hills.
		The town has been identified with Achaemenid Tareiana, a river crossing on the royal road connecting Susa, Persepolis, and Pasargadae.
		It lies on an ancient trade route and connects by road with Ahvaz and Kazerun.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9004164 (386 words)

	Chogha Zanbil (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The height of Ahvaz city is 12m above sea level.
		Karun has important tributaries, among them are the Dez River, with the conflux at Shushtar, and Kerkeh River coming from the north, with the conflux further downstream at Ahvaz.
		Some people believe that Ardashir-e-Babakan is the founder of old Ahvaz and some attribute it to Shapur.
	www.farhangsara.com /chogha_zanbil.htm (609 words)

	SAF - Ahvaz Schoolnet Project
		The Ahvaz Schoolnet Project is part of Schoolnet Iran - a nationwide project for networking Iranians schools, directed and supported by SAF.
		Total expenses for connecting 10 schools in Ahvaz will therefore be $160,000 for the first year, and $25,000 for each subsequent year.
		One of the main servers at the Ahvaz School Information Center will mirror the main Schoolnet site for fast and easy access to its resources by the students.
	www.science-arts.org /src/projects/iran/ahvaz (243 words)

	Four Bomb Blasts Shake the City of Ahvaz in Iran - Prensa Latina
		Ahvaz, Iran, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) At least eight people were killed and 75 others injured when a string of bomb attacks rocked Iran´s southwestern city of Ahvaz just days before the Islamic republic´s presidential election.
		Four blasts targeted several public buildings in Ahvaz, an ethnic-Arab majority city close to the border with Iraq and capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province.
		Khuzestan´s deputy governor Gholam Reza Shariati said the unidentified attackers were trying to damage "the territorial integrity of the country and the election process".
	www.plenglish.com /article.asp?ID={FCA8E979-68F1-428E-9E7C-1F81BBA5FD68}&language=EN (245 words)

	Bomb blasts in Iran, 8 killed, 36 injured - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gholamreza Shariat, the Ahvaz deputy governor for security and political affairs, said the bombs had gone off within a two-hour period starting at about 06:00 GMT.
		Back in April, Ahvaz was the site of two days of violent demonstrations following circulated reports of an alleged plan to decrease the proportion of Arabs in the area.
		A former member of parliament for Ahvaz said he saw no link with the April unrest and blamed "foreign forces" for the bombs.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=9040 (775 words)

	Townships, Khuzestan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ahvaz township, later on it joined the Bostan district, and turned into the township of Dasht-e-Mishan (Dasht-e-Azadegan).
		Ahvaz and it was only in 1958 that it was claimed to be a township.
		The township of Khoram Shahr experiences extremely hot and humid weather, and the Port of Khoram Shahr (Bandar-e-Khoram Shahr), is located 994 km.
	www.irancaravan.com /STown.htm (2274 words)

	Majlis speaker condemns terrorist attack in Ahvaz - Irna
		Majlis Speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack in Ahvaz and extended condolence to families of victims.
		He said that those involved in the terrorist attack aim to harm public participation in the upcoming presidential election.
		At least eight people died and 75 men, women and children were injured in four bombings in Ahvaz on Sunday morning.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-236/0506120972190958.htm (232 words)

	WOAI: San Antonio News - Previously unknown Arab group claims responsibility for weekend bombings in Iran's Ahvaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The statement said the group carried out the explosions in the city and vowed to "turn Ahvaz's land and skies into an inferno," with more attacks.
		Ahvaz was the site of two days of violent protests in April after reports circulated of an alleged plan to decrease Arab numbers in the area.
		The protests were sparked after copies of a letter allegedly signed by former Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi circulated in the area which ordered the relocation of non-Arabs to Ahvaz and make them the majority ethnic group.
	www.woai.com /news/world/story.aspx?content_id=E76FB039-1092-4D54-9E03-3DD7FF74E6F8 (548 words)

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