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	Iranian Cities: Zahedan
		Zahedan is the main economic center of the region and home to many small- and medium-scale industries.
		Highways link Zahedan to Tehran and Mashhad in the north, the port of Bandar Chabahar on the Arabian Sea in the south, and the Pakistani city of Quetta in the east.
		A rail line also runs from Zahedan to Quetta, and a rail line from Zahedan to Kerman in central Iran was being constructed in the mid-1990s.
	www.iranchamber.com /cities/zahedan/zahedan.php (366 words)

	Zahedan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zahedan (Persian: زاهدان) is an Iranian city and the center of the province of Sistan and Baluchistan.
		Zahedan had an estimated population of 580,071 in 2005.
		Zahedan is also the home of an impressive Sunni Mosque "Makki Mosque", as well as a Sikh temple.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zahedan (94 words)

	Zahedan travel guide - Wikitravel
		Zahedan is the capital of Sistan va Baluchestan province in Iran.
		If you're not going through Afghanistan you'll have to pass through Zahedan on the overland route from Istanbul to New Delhi.
		The airport is on the outskirts of the city, and has connections to Tehran and some other major Iranian cities.
	wikitravel.org /en/Zahedan (162 words)

	Asre Hoda , Bam
		The township of Zahedan, is the neighborhood of Khorassan province in the north, the province of Kerman in the west, and in the south is within the limits of the townships of Iran Shahr and Khash.
		The city of Zahedan is the center of the province, and lies at a distance of 1,605 km.
		Zahedan experiences a tropical type of climate in the south, but to the north it is comparatively moderate.
	www.asrehoda.com /zahedan.htm (179 words)

	Townships, Sistan Va Baluchestan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		To the north of this township are the townships of Zahedan,
		The township of Khash is in the neighborhood of the township of Zahedan which stands to the north, and to its west and south is Iran Shahr.
		The township of Zahedan, is the neighborhood of
	www.irancaravan.com /UTown.htm (937 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Stories: 200 feared dead in Tanker Crash in Iran
		Heidar Ali-Nouraei, the governor general of Zahedan, was quoted as saying the tanker truck collided with another tanker, six buses, a building and a light post.
		Zahedan parliamentarian Hossein Ali Shahriari said the checkpoint was badly positioned on a sharp bend.
		Zahedan is about 30 km (20 miles) from the Pakistan border as the crow flies.
	www.pakistantimes.net /2004/06/26/top7.htm (421 words)

	Zahedan
		Zahedan lies 60-80 km from the borders to both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		Zahedan is one of the poorest cities of Iran.
		The main attractions of Zahedan are the ruined citadel in the centre of the city, and the Friday Mosque.
	i-cias.com /e.o/zahedan.htm (130 words)

	Sistan va Baluchestan
		Zahedan, Zabol, Iranshahr and Chabahar are poles for the expansion of Sistan va Baluchestan Province.
		Among the provincial towns, Zahedan holds the largest rate of urban coefficient, the ratio of urban dwellers to rural residents, with 90.4 percent, and the lowest ratio belongs to Nikshahr with 15.2 percent.
		As the provincial center, Zahedan is at the forefront in the development of the country's urban structure.
	www.iccim.org /English/Magazine/iran_commerce/no2_1999/15.htm (1484 words)

	Flood of refugees fails to materialize on Iran's border \| csmonitor.com
		ZAHEDAN, SOUTHEAST IRAN - International aid agencies are stockpiling huge reserves of food, shelter, and medicines on Iran's border with Afghanistan.
		Staff at the UN refugee agency office in Zahedan say it is not clear whether the US-led strikes against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban have triggered new movements of Afghans.
		Interior ministry and police sources in Zahedan confirm that refugees are flowing over the border in large numbers.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/1016/p7s1-wome.htm (773 words)

	Asia Times
		Under the pretext of fighting the MKO, all Zahedanis and Balochis were targeted by the central government no matter what their politics and, for this reason, the MKO is heroic in the eyes of many in these regions.
		Wrong or right, there is a general perception in Zahedan that since the military and police are under the control of the Shi'ite clerics, Zahedanis are not given jobs in these departments.
		The people of Zahedan voted in favor of the reformist parties, but now, even in the second term of President Khatami, they feel that they are still second-class citizens.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/DL17Ak03.html (1067 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Iran Drought: Support to Afghan refugees Appeal No. 19/02 Operations Update ...
		Approximately 80 percent of the target population are Afghan refugees living in non-camp settlements of Zabul and Zahedan, with the rest being Iranian population deprived of access to safe drinking water in the same areas.
		The Zahedan water and sanitation department is organizing chlorination of water, and providing regular information on the general drought situation in the region, ongoing water supply projects, as well as future outlook.
		A field officer based in Zahedan is in charge for daily coordination of activities with the IRCS provincial branch, as well as monitoring and data collection, including information on weather conditions, health statistics, repatriation process and other information necessary for the evaluation of the impact of the operation on the most vulnerable.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/7bd770f4ce4074b085256cec005d97bd (2722 words)

	World Bank launches nationwide slum improvement project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Following a three month pilot project in the south-eastern city of Zahedan, the Urban Upgrading and Housing Policy Reform project will now be implemented in the western city of Kermanshah and the southern port town of Bandar Abbas.
		The scheme was launched in Zahedan, a town near the Pakistan and Afghan borders in Iran's poorest province, Sistan-Baluchestan.
		There are eleven slums in Zahedan with some 235,000 inhabitants, a third of the city’s population.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=47207 (716 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Zahedan IT center, Sussan Tahmasebi
		She is a very strong and exceptional woman indeed and if it were not for her dedication and commitment, this project, which now boasts over 15 local, national and international partners, would never have come to fruition.
		The Zahedan IT Center was launched in February 2002 after more than a year of planning, focused on conducting needs assessments and developing partnerships.
		And, hopefully it will also hold some lessons for international development planners, who seem to have forgotten that most of Iran's educated youth need to be challenged and provided with opportunities where their talents are fostered and developed.
	www.iranian.com /Features/2002/May/Zahedan/10.html (976 words)

	Zahedan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		HENGHAMEH FAHIMI Agence France Presse 10-19-2001 Iranian Sunni Muslims perform the Friday noon prayers in Zahedan city, the capital of Iran's Sistan and Balushistan province, on the border with Afghanistan 19 October 2001.
		MEHRI Agence France Presse 10-10-2001 Afghan refugees head to Zahedan's "bureau for alien and foreign immigration affairs" to getregister their children in schools in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan 10 October 2001.
		Khatam al-Anbia hospital in the southeastern border city of Zahedan 25 June 2004.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/Zahedan.asp (741 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News
		Sun rises over the dusty houses on the outskirts of Zahedan, near the Iranian-Afghan border, casting a yellow light on the trucks that wait in line.
		The Iranian Red Crescent (IRCS) branches in Zahedan and Zabul have been working for the past three years to provide safe drinking water, collect garbage and distribute sanitation kits to Afghan refugees and the poorest sectors of the local population in this region of south-eastern Iran.
		Amir Abdulapour, the Federation’s senior field officer has followed the water and sanitation project in Zahedan and Zabul, which is funded by the European Union’s humanitarian office, since the beginning and is very positive about the future.
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/04/04052801 (868 words)

	Bomb blast in Zahedan city causes three injuries - Irna
		Zahedan, Sistan & Baluchestan prov., June 15, IRNA
		A sound bomb exploded in Zahedan city, southeastern Iran, at 19:50 local time (1520 GMT) on Wednesday and caused three injuries.
		A provincial official in disciplinary forces, who asked not to be named, said planting a bomb in a fast food restaurant indicates hostility of anti-revolution elements against innocent people.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/line-17/0506151443225527.htm (185 words)

	November 17th 1999 - Zahedan to Kerman
		Last night we had to keep a low profile as Zahedan was in mourning.
		To celebrate the lives of the martyred policemen, mothers, wives and sisters had been invited to Zahedan to mourn with each other and witness the burning of the two tons of narcotics.
		Zahedan is located in the Iranian state of Baluchestan (Iranian spelling), which shares a border with both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
	www.aroundtheworld1999.com /ATW1999Gallery/11171999ZahedanToKerman/11171999.htm (1203 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News
		Mrs Bibibarahouie is one of 22 guards, each assigned to a water distribution point on the outskirts of Zahedan, in Iran’s drought-stricken Sistan-Baluchistan province.
		Their job is to ensure a fair and orderly distribution of this most precious of resources to more than 45,000 people, 80 per cent of whom are Afghan refugees.
		The Federation’s Senior Field Officer in Zahedan, Amir Abdolahpour, wears a worried frown as he puts the finishing touches to the next project proposal.
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/04/04072701 (971 words)

	ZABOL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Formerly a sort of enchanted garden, celebrated by poets, and the seat of a refined civilization, the tumult of history has now turned it into an almost deserted countryside which houses fascinating vestiges.
		Zabol is its capital which can be reached from Zahedan on a 230-km track which is particularly trying in summer.
		The Sistan region froms a vast bowl with several lakes in its center into which real rivers run including the enormous Hirmand river which comes down from the heart of Afghanistan.
	persia.org /imagemap/zabol.html (366 words)

	rediff.com: Blast rocks Indian consulate in Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A bomb explosion rocked the Indian consulate in Iran's Zahedan province bordering Pakistan on the night of June 14, an external affairs spokesman said in New Delhi on Monday.
		The blast damaged the outer wall and window panes of the consulate, which is headed by V K Mahajan and has a five-member staff.
		India has sought adequate security for Indian officials at Zahedan as also for protection of their property and the consulate premises.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/18iran.htm (146 words)

	Iran Focus-Seven drug traffickers hanged publicly in Iran - Human Rights - News
		TEHRAN - Seven drug traffickers were hanged publicly on Tuesday in a park in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the Kayhan evening newspaper reported.
		It said the men had been found guilty of involvement in international narcotics trafficking and attacks on security forces.
		Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province, is close to Iran's border with Afghanistan and Pakistan and on one of the main international heroin smuggling routes.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=942 (157 words)

	Afghan children play in a pond of water of the Kabul river on July 10
		Newly arrived Afghan refugees rest in a detention camp for refugees in the southern Iranian town of Zahedan near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan June 19, 2001.
		Newly arrived Afghan refugees sit in the shadow of a detention camp for refugees in the southern Iranian town of Zahedan near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan June 19, 2001.
		Afghan girls wait for water in a refugee camp outside the southern Iranian town of Zahedan near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan June 19, 2001.
	www.afghan-network.net /News/Archives/2001/refugees-july-16.html (504 words)

	Almost a hundred killed in road accident in Iran - Pravda.Ru
		At least 90 people were killed late on Thursday night in a massive explosion near Iran's border with Afghanistan after a petrol tanker crashed into the Nosrat Abad checkpoint, 60 miles west of Zahedan, reports independent.co.uk.
		According to straitstimes.asia1.com, Mr Nourai said the accident happened when the truck was unable to stop and ploughed into a bus waiting at Nosratabad police checkpoint.
		Reuters.com cites Zahedan parliamentarian Hossein Ali Shahriari who said that the checkpoint was badly positioned on a sharp bend.
	english.pravda.ru /world/2004/06/26/54572.html (413 words)

	Iran Focus-Two small explosions hit Iran city, no one hurt - Iran (General) - News
		They said the first explosion damaged some cars and broke windows, while there was no damage from the second.
		The blasts in Zahedan, in a province bordering Pakistan, occurred a day after nine people were killed and more than 70 wounded in a string of bombings in Tehran and the southwestern oil city of Ahvaz.
		There was no word on who was behind the Zahedan explosions.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=2385 (155 words)

	November 16th, 1999 - Dalbandin to Zahedan
		Up until then, all we knew about Iran was the roads are beautiful and the gas is cheap—fourteen cents (that's.14) per gallon.
		We were planning on going all the way to Kerman but since we were running late Kamram made arrangements in Zahedan.
		We arrived at a nice hotel, unloaded our bags and walked to a nearby cafe for some Persian cuisine (yogurt and chello kabobs—very tasty) and a smoke from the hookah or “Bahoka” pipe.
	www.aroundtheworld1999.com /ATW1999Gallery/11161999DalbandinToZahedan/11161999.htm (790 words)

	Second sound bomb shakes Zahedan - Irna
		Second Sound bomb exploded on Monday night on a major avenue in the southeastern city of Zahedan but caused no damage.
		The bomb was placed in a trash can and further investigation on the incident is underway, he added.
		The first sound bomb exploded on a main street in the southern city of Zahedan at 19:50 local time (1510 GMT) Monday evening.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0506140003000548.htm (357 words)

	Sporadic armed clashes rock the City of Zahedan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sporadic armed clashes took place, this evening, in the southern City of Zahedan between commandos of Freedom fighters and the Islamic republic forces as they attacked groups of demonstrators who shouted slogans against the regime and its visiting Supreme leader.
		Several militiamen have been injured in these attacks despite the heavy presence of special forces sent to the city in order to secure Ali Khamene'i visit.
		Several Sunni clerics have been killed, in the last years, by members of the regime Intelligence.
	www.daneshjoo.org /article/publish/printer_1974.shtml (131 words)

	13b Rials Allocated to Complete Zahedan Grand Museum
		TERHAN Dec. 7 (Mehr News Agency) –- A sum of 13b rials has been allocated to complete Zahedan Grand Museum, said a museum expert of the Cultural Heritage Organization.
		Morteza Shafahi added that the project was postponed years ago due to lack of budget, but when the project is complete the museum will turn into a grand museum of the country besides those in Tehran, Kermanshah, and Khorasan.
		There are almost 250 museums in the country at present, said Shafahi.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=42719 (142 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Afghan refugees in Iran: Water shortage Operations Update No. 3
		Meanwhile, the Federation Delegation and the IRCS branch in Zahedan made preparations for building four new water stations in Zahedan.
		The IRCS and the Federation held a series of meetings with the local authorities concerned in Zahedan to settle the issues related to running the water stations and building the new ones.
		Coordination meetings are being held between the IRCS, the Federation, the Bureau for Alien and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA) of the Iranian Government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6LEJDX?OpenDocument (1200 words)

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