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Abadan is a city and island in Khuzestan province, Iran, near the Persian Gulf and the Iran-Iraq border. It has a long history as a port and oil refinery, and was the site of a brief war and a coup in the 20th century.
Ābādān is a city in southwestern Iran, on an island along the Shaṭṭ Al-ʿArab river, near the Persian Gulf. It has a long history of oil production and refining, but was damaged by the Iran-Iraq War in 1980.
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Feb 18, 2015 · Visitors to Abadan are constantly reminded that the city was once the capital of modernity in Iran: a cosmopolitan beacon for the Middle East and a prominent point on the world map. It is on this global scale that Abadanis tend to quantify the city’s past splendor and contrast it with its present sorry state.
Abadan is a port city and oil refining center in southwest Iran, near the Iran-Iraq border. Learn about its history, climate, attractions, transportation and cuisine.
Abadan is a city of 230,000 people in Khuzestan, in the southwest of Iran. It is a port city and oil refining center. During the 1980 Iran-Iraq war, the city was emptied of people and heavily damaged. Map.
Feb 16, 2015 · How oil shaped and transformed Abadan, a southwestern Iranian city, from a colonial outpost to a modern metropolis and back again. Explore the history, culture and memories of Abadan through oil-related stories, images and interviews.
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Feb 26, 2015 · Abadan’s neighboring city of Khorramshahr was the scene of a brutal siege and, in 1982, a liberation considered epic in Iran today. Thousands died during the battles for Khorramshahr and Abadan, among them some of Iran’s most celebrated martyrs.
