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Ahwaz

American  
[ah-wahz] / ɑˈwɑz /
Or Ahvaz

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Khuzistan, in W Iran.


Ahwaz British  
/ ɑːˈvɑːz, ɑːˈwɑːz /

noun

  1. a town in SW Iran, on the Karun River. Pop: 967 000 (2005 est)

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The 20-year-old's partner, Aghil Abyat, said Alireza had travelled to Ahwaz to visit his mother, pick up a military service exemption card and sell his mobile phone.

From BBC

Iran also is believed to have seized the former head of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, a militant separatist group, while he was in Turkey.

From Washington Times

Hence the government has said little about the fires and explosions that have damaged a military base in Birjand, the state broadcasting headquarters in Tehran, a port near Bandarlengeh, a steel plant in Ahwaz and a petrochemical plant in Mahshahrtaken, to name a few episodes that took place over just five days last month.

From New York Times

The next day, yet another explosion and inferno tore through a power plant in Ahwaz, while at the same time, a chlorine gas leak was detected at a Karoun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, about 75 miles away.

From Fox News

As part of the investigation, three men who are members of an Iranian separatist group, the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, were accused of spying in Denmark for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service.

From Washington Times