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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Iran northeast of Basra, Iraq. Modern Ahvaz was built on extensive ruins of an ancient Persian city.
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Examples
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In cities such as Ahvaz and Yazd, opposition marches pushed official processions to the sidelines.
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Last week, in a story that stood out only because, unusually, an Iranian news agency reported some details, three men were hanged for sodomy, at Karoun prison in the city of Ahvaz.
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These demonstrations are happening not only in Tehran but in Shiraz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Ahvaz and Urumieyh.
Global Voices in English » Arab World: Let the Iranians do Whatever they Want 2009
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The southwestern city of Ahvaz features the highest level of airborne particles smaller than 10 micrometers.
Melody Moezzi: Suffocating in Iran Melody Moezzi 2011
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NIOC sources tell me that older fields, including Bibi-Hakimeh, Maroun and Ahvaz, may face a significant fall in output within five years.
International Sanctions Are Hurting Iran Amir Taheri 2011
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The southwestern city of Ahvaz features the highest level of airborne particles smaller than 10 micrometers.
Melody Moezzi: Suffocating in Iran Melody Moezzi 2011
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The southwestern city of Ahvaz features the highest level of airborne particles smaller than 10 micrometers.
Melody Moezzi: Suffocating in Iran Melody Moezzi 2011
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The southwestern city of Ahvaz features the highest level of airborne particles smaller than 10 micrometers.
Melody Moezzi: Suffocating in Iran Melody Moezzi 2011
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Associated Press A technician checks oil equipment near Ahvaz, Iran, in April 2008.
Weighing Loss of Iran's Oil Benoit Faucon 2011
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But as Iranian state-controlled television beamed images of rallies supporting the regime in different cities, several Western and Arab television networks were reporting clashes between protesters and security forces in Tehran, Mashhad, Esfahan, Ahvaz, Shiraz and Tabriz.
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