#Khuzestan province

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khuzestan province, ghods, iran

by abbas sorkheh

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Thrilling archaelogical dicoveries

TEHRAN—Archaeologists in western Iran have found over 1,000 clay seals (and fragments) along with other “important” relics estimated to date from the Elamite era (3200–539 BC).

“We unearthed arrays of important objects such as over 1,000 clay seals while conducting an urgent excavation on an archaeological hill in Kermanshah province,” IRNA quoted archaeologist Shokouh Khosravi as saying on Monday.

Moreover, a number of earthen animal figurines and counting objects belonging to the early Elamite culture have been discovered in these excavations, Khosravi, who leads the excavations said.

“Those objects are unique in their kind in western Iran,” she said.

The archaeologist said those findings mark the first archaeological materials of the Elamite period in the west of the central Zagros region

“The finding triggers fundamental changes in our understanding and knowledge about the situation of western Iran in the fourth millennium BC,” Khosravi stated.

During the excavation, which is authorized by the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, a large number of clay door locks, hundreds of pieces of container seals, and a cylinder seal were also found, which shows the site was an administrative center for organizing economic and exchange affairs in the early Elamite period, she explained.

“As the excavations continue, more information will be obtained about the nature and absolute history of settlement on the site.”

Experts say the Kermanshah region has had one million years of archaeological continuity, which is due to the geographical features such as a high number of springs and fertile soil.

Elam, or the Elamite kingdom, was one of the most impressive civilizations of the ancient world. Its territory was once in a region, which is now situated in the modern Iranian provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan.

However, according to sources, it was never a cohesive ethnic kingdom or polity but rather a federation of different tribes governed at various times by cities such as Susa, Anshan, and Shimashki until it was united during the Middle Elamite Period, briefly, as an empire.

The name Elam was given to the region by others– the Akkadians and Sumerians of Mesopotamia–– and is thought to be their version of what the Elamites called themselves– Haltami (or Haltamti)– meaning “those of the high country.” 'Elam', therefore, is usually translated to mean“highlands” or “high country” as it comprised settlements on the Iranian Plateau that stretched from the southern plains to the elevations of the Zagros Mountains.

Susa was formerly the capital of the Elamite Empire and later an administrative capital of the king of Achaemenian Darius I and his successors of 522 BC. Throughout the late prehistoric periods, Elam was closely tied culturally to Mesopotamia. Later, perhaps because of domination by the Akkadian dynasty (c. 2334–c. 2154 BC), Elamites adopted the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script.

Documents from the second period, which lasted from the 16th to the 8th century BC, are written in cuneiform; the stage of the language found in these documents is sometimes called Old Elamite. The last period of Elamite texts is that of the reign of the Achaemenian kings of Persia (6th to 4th century BC), who used Elamite, along with Akkadian and Old Persian, in their inscriptions. The language of this period, also written in the cuneiform script, is often called New Elamite.

Although all three stages of Elamite have not been completely deciphered, several grammatical features of the language are known to scholars. These include a plural formation using the suffix -p, the personal pronouns, and the endings of several verb forms.

Elamite language is an extinct language spoken by the Elamites in the ancient country of Elam, which included the region from the Mesopotamian plain to the Iranian Plateau. According to Britannica, Elamite documents from three historical periods have been found. The earliest Elamite writings are in a figurative or pictographic script and date from the middle of the 3rd millennium BC.

Just to notice how the name Elam was written, n the various languages of the ancient times: Liner Elamite:hatamti Cuneiform Elamite: 𒁹𒄬𒆷𒁶𒋾 ḫalatamti; Sumerian:𒉏𒈠 elam; Akkadian:𒉏𒈠𒆠 elamtu,hebrew:עֵילָם ʿēlām, Old persian:𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja

Source: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/489442/Amazing-archaeological-finds-dating-back-to-Elamite-era-unearthed

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Shushtar Hydraulic System.

Persepolis is not the only wonder of architecture in the Achaemenid era. Shushtar is an ancient fortress city in Khuzestan Province, Iran. The Shushtar hydraulic system, a masterpiece of creative genius, dates back to the reign of Darius the Great in the 5th century BC. The Shushtar hydraulic complex was a complex irrigation system consisting of two diversion canals on the Kârun River, one of which is still working to provide water to the city through a chain of tunnels.

This complex includes Salasel Castle, a tower for measuring the water level, dams, mills, bridges and basins. Water cascades down a dramatic cliff into a basin, then enters a plain located south of Shushtar, creating the possibility of farming on an area of ​​40,000.

“This systematic masterpiece is the result of the technical knowledge of the Mesopotamians and Elamites in ancient times that greatly surprises all viewers. Madame Jean Diolafoa, the famous French archaeologist, in her travel literature describes the Shushtar hydraulic system as the largest industrial complex before the industrial revolution.

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Coming to America! (In truth, it's already here).

After the gruesome killing, video footage was posted online of Sajjad Heidarnava walking the streets of Ahvaz while smiling and carrying his wife’s severed head.

An Iranian man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for decapitating his wife and displaying her head in public.

Mona Heidari, 17, was killed last year in February by her husband, Sajjad Heidarnava, and his brother Heydar in Ahvaz, the capital of the southwestern Khuzestan province.

After the gruesome murder, video footage was posted online of the murderer walking in the provincial capital, Ahvaz, while smiling and carrying his dead wife’s head.

Heidarnava was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for murder and eight months for intentional assault, judiciary spokesman Massud Setayeshi told the media on January 18.

Heidari's family had forgiven the murderer and declined to demand qesas -- Iran's Islamic law of retribution.

"The accused has no right to protest against the verdict and the decision is final," the spokesman said.

Heidarnava's brother, Heidar, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for complicity in intentional hom1cide, Setayeshi said.

Heidari was married at the age of 12 and was the mother of a 3-year-old boy when she was murdered, according to Iranian media reports.

She had fled to Turkey several months before being persuaded to return to Iran by her father, according to the girl’s mother-in-law.

Human rights activists called for changes to the law to protect of women against domestic violence after Heidari's murder and to increase the minimum age of marriage for girls, which is currently 13.

In another notorious case, an Iranian man was sentenced to nine years in prison for beheading his 14-year-old daughter with an axe in a so-called “honor” k1lling that prompted widespread outrage in the country in August 2020.

In Iran, “honor” killings are only punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Otherwise, murder is punishable by a life sentence or the death penalty.

Many in Iran have blamed the Islamic legal system as well as the country's patriarchal culture and traditions for fostering an environment that allows for "honor" k1llings.

Iran is currently enveloped in a wave of unrest over the death of a young woman while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly.

Women and girls have spearheaded the anti-government demonstrations demanding more rights and freedoms.

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Another child was murdered by the terrorist regime of Iran

Morteza Delf-Zargani was a 9 year old child from Khuzestan province of Iran. He was murdered while sitting in his family car. According to his family they received no warning before the ir police started firing at their car. The police claimed they thought it was a stolen car.

Morteza Delf-Zargani’s father says the police started shooting at their car in the city of Shushtar without even a single warning and based on a false report of car theft.

According to the victim’s uncle, “when they saw the police car behind them, they intended to stop, but without any warning the police opened fire and Morteza died on the spot.”

In March, a two-year-old child was killed after Iranian special forces opened fire at the car carrying him and his family in the central city of Esfahan (Isfahan).

Morteza's case is also reminiscent of Kian Pirfalak, a 10-year-old boy who was killed by the Islamic Republic's security forces when they started shooting at his father's car during the 2022 protests. -iran international news

Today is Kian Pirfalak birthday too. He was a 10 year old child who was murdered during the nation wide protests in Iran by IRGC forces.

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by Ohad Merlin

Mutasher claimed that approximately 12 million citizens from different sects, religions and ethnic groups live in the historical Arabistan region, adding that there are also 6 million additional Persian Iranians in the area, whom he deems “settlers.” “The Iranian occupation, after it occupied the country, carried out a process of demographic change, so that masses of Ahwazis were transferred by force to the Persian interior to cities like Yazd and Kerman, while the Persian ‘settlers’ were transferred to Ahwazi cities. An example is the city of Izeh, which used to be a large Arab center in the area, but today is purely Persian.”

According to Mutasher, part of the Iranian interest in the area lies in its abundant natural resources. “The terrorist acts led by Iran which we witness today are caused with funding looted and plundered from its rightful Ahwazi owners to support international terrorist actors such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.  

Indeed, the overwhelming majority of the Islamic Republic’s main gas and oil fields are located within the historical area of Arabistan, with some of the main ones situated in the modern Khuzestan province itself. Mutasher added that the gold and agricultural industries in the Ahwaz area are also significantly developed. “Al-Ahwaz, if liberated, can potentially be the one of the richest countries in the world; but unfortunately, the terrorist regime of Tehran today loots and plunders all these riches to support their terrorist agendas,” he commented.

Nowadays Arab citizens in Khuzestan point a critical finger at the central government in Tehran for what they describe as discriminatory policies against the Arab minority in the country. “Following the military occupation, the phase of the ‘soft occupation’ began, with examples being changing the names of cities. For example, the city of Al-Muhammara became Khorramshahr and Al-Khafajiya became Susangerd, and more,” he said.

In this context, Mutasher added that Iranian authorities refuse to register some Arabic names for children, such as Omar for boys and Aisha for girls, forcing the usage of Persian names instead. Other prohibitions mentioned by Mutasher include wearing the traditional Arab Ahwazi attire, which resembles that of the other peoples of the Gulf. “Regardless of this oppression, during the last two years we were able to break this line and we began to see our youth unite and revive their cultural history despite the obstacles,” he said.

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agree with everything you said but iran is not imperialist. ethnonationalist theocracy sure but where are you getting imperialism from. empire =\ imperialist, would you call russia imperialist?

The Iranian state is not even half a century removed from being a formal empire: Pahlavi Iran was "The Imperial State of Iran" and recalled imperial possessions lost to Tsarist Russia another century prior. But setting aside nomenclature, which is fickle and floats—It's exactly that ethnonationalism which forms the logic of what I have been calling imperialism, even if there are not formal imperial possessions involved.

The consolidation of "irani" national identity through the 19th century went together with heightening of the core's exploitative and even colonial relationship to its periphery. This relationship can be traced back centuries to the earliest period of "reclaimed" Iranian rule of the region in the case of e.g. the forced displacement of Kurds to Khorāsān under early 16th century Safavid shahs. With the latest, industrial stage of Iranian statecraft and nation-building, the economic nature of this exploitation has been accelerated and what autonomy the peripheries previously had is restrained by the growing military apparatus the IRI commands.

The country's oil reserves are heavily concentrated in the province of Khuzestan, home to the city of Ahwaz/Ahvaz and most of the nearly two million or so Iranian Arabs. This is a region that is obviously of great economic significance. Strikes in 1978 played a major role in precipitating the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty, and in a pattern that will be familiar to the people who know, many of the communists and worker's parties responsible were put down by the subsequent IRI that owed its existence to them. Labour rights in the region remain suppressed; little of the wealth extracted from factories there is seen by the ethnic minorities that compose much of the working population, making its way instead to the private monopolies of the core; Ahwaz itself is sickeningly and dangerously polluted as reward for the riches it yields. What is this exploitation but imperialism?

And what of the constant harassment and material extortion of Kurdish kolbars carrying goods across the mountains in Kurdistan? The pāsdārān/IRGC often "confiscate" the possessions of people working to move essential wares within their families and communities, if they don't kill them outright, citing border violations if they make any excuses at all. This only exacerbates the ongoing economic deprivation of both Rojhilat/Iranian Kurdistan and Kurds in nearby parts of greater Kurdistan, whose economies and societies are disrupted by the border. Seems pretty imperialist to me.

Meanwhile, the national hero Qassem Soleimani is in fact reviled by many of the people who actually lived in those regions of Syria and Iraq that were his remit. He was known not only for his opposition to US imperialism and campaigns against Da'esh, but also for overseeing violence against protesters in the region and serving as the figurehead of Iranian intervention in local people's movements. Exertion of military force on other nations beyond the boundaries of the state, in the interest of developing its political and economic sphere—what would you call this?

Don't misunderstand me: the solution is not reactionary intervention in Iran, and anyone who tries to leverage these facts to advocate for US-collaborationist separatism is just a would-be comprador. But the political economy of Iran relies on an ongoing imperialism that is only the latest stage of an imperial legacy.

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Stylized rendition of a woman (Goddess? Ereshkigal?) with two serpents and a bull-headdress. Original cylinder seal c. 2400-2200 B.C (Old Akkadian period) Found in Susa (Shush, Khuzestan Province, Iran) Contained in Mohsen Froughi collection. Cataloged in "The Art of Ancient Iran" by Edith Porada (1965)

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Okay so in ArSen Sistan is said to be “a country that no longer exists” and a quick google search of a map shows us that the Sistan (and Beluchestan) province is located in the southeast of Pars. But we all know Tanaka likes to play a switcheroo with geographical locations (see Gilan and Daylam being swapped irl vs ArSen, the location of Khuzestan is also not where its irl counterpart is, and Badakhshan is not even in Iran) gives me pause because... well then where the fuck is this former country of Sistan supposed to be??

Having these questions mainly because I wanted to seek inspiration from the geographical location as I did with Gorgan in the design sheets, because Gieve lied that he was from Sistan and I dunno man I'm kinda grasping at straws at this point.

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bagh-e malek, khuzestan province, iran

by hojat shahyari

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🇮🇷 2 Highlights of the Khuzestan Province Freestyle Youth Tournament 2023 (credits to Karim Askarnia)

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Kian Pirfalak was on his way home with his father when he was shot and killed by Islamic Republic security forces. Kian died on November 16, 2022 in Izeh, Iran (Khuzestan province). He was only 10 years old.

Source: @iraniancollective

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The rights to education, health and life of millions of schoolgirls are at risk amid ongoing chemical gas attacks deliberately targeting girls’ schools in Iran. Since November 2022, thousands of schoolgirls have been poisoned and hospitalized. The authorities have failed to adequately investigate and end the attacks and dismissed girls’ symptoms as “stress”, “excitement” and/or “mental contagion”.

According to independent media and human rights groups, the most recent attacks took place on 15, 16 and 17 April in multiple schools in the provinces of Alborz, Ardabil, East Azerbaijan, Esfahan, Fars, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Mazandaran, Tehran and West Azerbaijan. Videos circulated online over the past months show chaotic scenes of schoolgirls in visible states of distress on school grounds, coughing and struggling to breathe, while other videos from inside hospitals show large numbers of schoolgirls receiving medical treatment. In February, independent journalists outside Iran reported that an 11-year-old girl had died after being poisoned in an attack at her school in Qom, but the authorities refuted these reports and state media published articles citing respiratory viral disease and kidney disease as causes of death.

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Caught in a diplomatic limbo, Mehran Karimi Nasseri made a small area of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport his home in 1988.

His experience inspired the 2004 film, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks.

Mr Nasseri was eventually given the right to live in France, but he ended up returning to the airport a few weeks ago, where he died of natural causes, an airport official told AFP.

Born in 1945 in the Iranian province of Khuzestan, Mr Nasseri first flew to Europe in search of his mother.

He spent some years living in Belgium, having been expelled from countries including the UK, the Netherlands and Germany for not having the correct immigration documents. He then went to France, where he made the airport's 2F Terminal his home.

Nestled on his bench surrounded by trolleys containing the possessions he had accumulated, he spent his days writing about his life in a notebook and reading books and newspapers.

His story attracted international media attention and caught the eye of Steven Spielberg, who directed The Terminal, starring Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

After the film's release, journalists flocked to speak with the man who had inspired a Hollywood movie. At one point, Mr Nazzeri, who called himself "Sir Alfred," was giving up to six interviews a day, Le Parisien reports.

Despite being granted refugee status and the right to remain in France in 1999, he stayed at the airport until 2006, when he was taken to hospital to be treated for an illness. He then spent time living in a hostel using the money he had received for the film, French newspaper Libération reports.

Mr Nasseri returned to the airport a few weeks ago, where he lived until he died, an airport official said.

He was found with several thousands euros in his possession, the official added.

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Unearthing Ancient DNA samples]

TEHRAN – A team of experts has extracted DNA samples from the remains of ancient humans buried in urn-like clay tombs, which were unearthed accidentally earlier this year in southwest Iran.

“The preliminary investigations show these burial urns can be dated from the Parthian and Sassanid eras, but for absolute dating, we have to wait for the results of dating tests on bone remains,” CHTN quoted archaeologist Loqman Ahmadzadeh as saying on Tuesday.

The discovery was made in the Kourosh neighborhood of Ahvaz last July when heavy machinery conducted excavations in the oil-rich region, the report said.

This rare and accidental discovery has provided an exceptional opportunity for archaeologists to conduct methodical research on the history of Ahvaz, the archaeologist said.

Ahmadzadeh added that the burial urns are of the torpedo-shaped type, whose inner surface is tarred, and the condition of the bones inside them shows a natural order and no confusion.

Among the burials, [the remains of ] a child were found…. On the forearm of its skeleton, a worn iron object was seen, which was probably the remains of a bracelet or bangle, the archaeologist noted.

In addition, samples of bitumen used in lining the inner surface of the vats will be analyzed in a laboratory to determine the origin and compare with similar cases in other contemporaneous sites, he said.

The Parthian Empire Parthian Empire  (247 BC to 224 CE), also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran. The Parthians largely adopted the art, architecture, religious beliefs, and royal insignia of their culturally heterogeneous empire, which encompassed Persian, Hellenistic, and regional cultures. At its height, the Parthian Empire stretched from the northern reaches of the Euphrates, in what is now central-eastern Turkey, to eastern Iran.

The Sassanid era (224 CE–651) is of very high importance in the history of Iran. Under the Sassanids, Persian art and architecture experienced a general renaissance. Architecture often took grandiose proportions, such as the royal palaces at Ctesiphon, Firuzabad, and Sarvestan, which are amongst the highlights of the ensemble. In that epoch, crafts such as metalwork and gem engraving grew highly sophisticated, yet scholarship was encouraged by the state. In those years, works from both the East and West were translated into Pahlavi, the language of the Sassanians. In 2018, UNESCO added an ensemble of Sassanian historical cities in southern Iran — titled “Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region”-- to its World Heritage list.

Ahvaz is the capital of Khuzestan province, which is home to three UNESCO World Heritage sites: Susa, Tchogha Zanbil, and Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, among many other historical sites.

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Protesters in Iran marched through the streets of multiple cities overnight in the most widespread demonstration in weeks amid the monthslong unrest that's gripped the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show Friday. The demonstrations, marking 40 days since Iran executed two men on charges related to the protests, show the continuing anger in the country. The protests, which began over the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police, have morphed into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Videos showed demonstrations in Iran's capital, Tehran, as well as in the cities of Arak, Isfahan, Izeh in Khuzestan province and Karaj, the group Human Rights Activists in Iran said. The Associated Press could not immediately verify the videos, many of which had been blurred or showed grainy nighttime scenes.