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Khuzistan

American  
[khoo-zi-stahn, koo-zuh-stan, -stahn] / ˌxu zɪˈstɑn, ˈku zəˌstæn, -ˌstɑn /
Or Khuzestan

noun

  1. a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Ahwaz.


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As part of this strategy, the Iraqis have repeatedly shelled Dezful, nexus for most of the oil pipelines running northward from Khuzistan.

From Time Magazine Archive

From embattled Dezful in Khuzistan province, Banisadr said last week that the sooner the Americans were released, the quicker Iran could obtain foreign resources �presumably including U.S. military spare parts.

From Time Magazine Archive

A similar difficulty exists in Khuzistan, center of the Iranian oil industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

The war was started by Saddam Hussein in September 1980 to seize part of Iran's oil-producing Khuzistan province.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah′waz, a small Persian town on the River Karun, province of Khuzistan, at the head of river navigation, a place of some commercial note.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

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