Earthquake occurs in southwest Iran
Seismologists recorded an earthquake in southwest Iran this morning. No one was injured as a result of the tremors.
Khuzestan province
Police officer dies in Iran
A police officer died in Iran while trying to catch a fugitive criminal
Iran starts nuclear power plant construction in Khuzestan province
Iran began construction of the Karun nuclear power plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the media reports. Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami inaugurated the construction …
At least 5 killed in gun attack in Iran's Khuzestan
At least five people were killed in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday in what state media described as a terrorist attack. Iran's state TV said 15 others were wounded in the attack at the market in the city …
Death toll from Iran building collapse rises to 41
Rescuers retrieved three more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province on Monday, bringing the death toll to 41. It remains unclear how many people were buried in the debris after a …
Iran downs unidentified drone over Mahshahr
Iranian forces shot down a drone belonging to a foreign country today, an Iranian official said. "The downed drone definitely belonged to a foreign country. Its wreckage has been recovered and is being investigated," IRNA …
Southwest Iran hit by 4.2-magnitude earthquake
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near the city of Ahvaz in southwest Iran, according to local media reports. The quake struck at a depth of 14 kilometres, the Mehr news agency reported. The agency did not provide any …
Five killed in Iran gas pipeline explosion
At least five people were killed and six more were injured today in a gas pipeline explosion in southwest Iran. The blast stuck a pipeline between the city of Ahvaz city and the city of Mahshahr, near the Persian Gulf. There was no …
Oil discovered in Iran's Abadan region
Iran has discovered oil in the southwestern Abadan region for the first time, the republic's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said. According to him, the oil was found at a depth of 3,570 meters in an exploratory …
Fire in Iran teahouse: at least 11 dead
A fire in a teahouse has killed 11 people and injured six in Iran's southwest city of Ahvaz, IRAN daily newspaper reported. The report on IRAN's Telegram channel said an initial investigation showed the fire was set by a …
Two more people die in Iran amid wave of protests
Two people were shot dead in demonstrations in Iran on Sunday evening, bringing the death toll to four. The two were killed in the southwestern city of Izeh, the area’s local member of parliament, Hedayatollah …
Chlorine gas leak in Iran affects almost 500 people
At least 475 people have suffered respiratory and other symptoms after a chlorine gas leak in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, the chancellor of Dezful University of Medical Sciences said Yousef Paridar. …
Boeing 737 simulator built in Iran
An Iranian research team in the Khuzestan Province designed and built a fully indigenized Boeing 737 aircraft simulator. "The group could construct the simulator system in eight months and all equipment used in the system are …
Number of Iranians suffering from AIDS grows
During the past 30 years, 7,387 people have died in Iran from AIDS, the head of a healthcare center in Iran’s Khuzestan province, Shokrollah Salmanzadeh, said at the event on the World AIDS Day. He explained that …
