Abadan
Americannoun
noun
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The New York Times cited Israeli officials as saying that the Abadan oil refinery was one of the sites targeted in its air strikes on Saturday morning.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
Rasoulof and other artists had co-signed a letter urging authorities to put down their weapons amid demonstrations over a 2022 building collapse that killed at least 29 people in the southwestern city of Abadan.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
Making the film as an animation allowed Farsi to evoke the city of Abadan, which was razed during the war.
From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023
Shot during the Iraq-Iran war, it was impossible to film in Naderi’s hometown, the southern port Abadan; instead “The Runner” seamlessly cobbles together locations from nearly a dozen cities.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Above Abadan, which is just a cluster of circular tanks, slender chimneys and square houses on the arid plain, with a mass of barges lining the numerous wharfs, we passed Mohammerah.
From In Mesopotamia by Nicoll, Maurice
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