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Before the war, 40 percent of Khorramshahr dates were exported to out of Iran but In the Iran-Iraq war destroyed all the city's palm trees
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the images of Iranian soldiers that Who were killed during the occupation and liberation of Khorramshahr © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Until a few years ago, 140 companies were active in the city But they were bankrupt and there are only 14 factory are active at there yet © Fatemeh Behboudi
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More than 30 percent of the city's youth are unemployed © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Young people are swimming in the Karun River. at this city there is only one pool and the youth do not have the ability to pay for it. © Fatemeh Behboudi
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children are playing infront of Hoveyda house . Mr hoveyda was Prime Minister of Shah of ira © Fatemeh Behboudi
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over 80% of the city's infrastructures were fully destroyed but the city's Great Mosque was among the few places which remained. safe during the war and was turned into the city's symbol of resistance © Fatemeh Behboudi
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portrait of Sameera (28) with three children (she is Pregnant) .. her husband is addicted and he is in a camp . © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Many ships in the Arvand river (border river between Iran and Iraq) were drowned in during the war. A cargo ship that was drowned in the war was brought out from the Karun River © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Mr. Enayat Sehati is one of the heroes of Khorramshahr that fought for 8 years of the war. Today he lives in a simple home with his family. He still remembers the smell of his best friends' blood, who were killed in the city. He will never leave the city © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Mother of 3 Iranian martyrs killed in Iran and Iraq war. Before the war, she was a teacher of Guran in Khorrmshahr. On this day, she passed away.
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This 6-floor building was the only tall building in the city before the war. Today 50 families that do not have the financial ability live in this building © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Fatemeh Kazemi (69) she lost Half her face and her 2 children in the bombing of Iraq in Khorrmshahr city © Fatemeh Behboudi
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A Part of the families of the town that They do not have the financial ability they Living by selling stolen goods. © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Portrait of two sisters who their families were captured by the Iraqis during the Iran-Iraq war for 11 years © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Shalamcheh borderland before the war was full of palm trees and vegetables, and many of rich families lived in this area But during the war, because of chemical and landmines, this area were destroyed. After 35 years in this area recently were collected of Main © Fatemeh Behboudi
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portrait of Nader Khademi (51 years old)He was 15 years old when the war began and he went to war. Today he is a veteran of 70 percent and he bbelieves that the war Destroyed his young. © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Each year, about 2 to 3 million people trip to the war-torn region such as Shalamcheh But these people do not buy anything of this city and no capital will not enter to this Munich © Fatemeh Behboudi
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Public Story
This city has no heroes
Credits:
fatemeh behboudi
Date of Work:
12/31/69 - 12/31/69
Updated: 10/31/19
war is a type of hasty development and the immigration resulting from the war is one of the main causes which magnify these developments. Immigration creates necessary grounds for deep cultural and social changes.
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Khorramshahr is an ancient city dating back to 163 BC in today’s southwestern Iran near the border with Iraq and near the head of the Persian Gulf. Before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, it was the country’s largest port, in a strategically important region rich in oil and natural gas resources.
Because of its location and economic importance, the city suffered aggression four times in the past century. As the prime outlet for Iran’s exports, including agricultural produce such as dates, it was an entrepot for centuries and a magnet for Iranians and foreigners looking for jobs and economic advancement. Iranians past called this city the “bride” of Iran’s ports.
Khorramshahr suffered its most recent aggression by foreigners in 1980, when Iraq attacked Iran. Saddam Hussein had designs on the city and the region, just as later he did on Kuwait. There, one of the largest classic battles between opposing armies occurred. Saddam had announced he could and would roll over the Iranian defenders, and even take Tehran, but the Iranian people and the military put up a valiant defence until their manpower and supplies were temporarily exhausted. They held off the Iraqis for 44 days. The Iraqi occupation of the city and surrounds lasted for two years, until 1982,. The liberation of the city was bloody: over 6000 people lost their lives and more than 24,000 were wounded. Moreover, more than 80 percent of the city’s infrastructure was destroyed or badly damaged, and much of the nearby agricultural land and date palms were wrecked. Only the city’s great mosque managed to remain a safe haven more or less during the protracted battles and occupation and it became a primary symbol of Iranian resistance. Before the war, almost a quarter million people lived in the city, but during the war the population was reduced to about 4,000 souls. Today the population has rebounded to 170,000.
Now, 35 years after the liberation of the city and the expulsion of Iraq forces from Iran, Khorranshahr remains marked by the war. Reconstruction efforts did start after the Iraqi occupation, but funds for the rebuilding have not been sufficient and any rebuilding has been slow. Many families native to the city left during the war and occupation to other countries or Iranian cities and have not returned while other people, such as gypsies and former inhabitants of the hinterland are living in houses that do not belong to them. This has resulted in vast changes to the former cultural and social arrangements in Khoramshahr. The city continues to suffer many problems, including deep poverty, drug addiction, severe unemployment and degraded hygeine. Meanwhile, some of the local people have remained, and they continue to await a renaissance that might return this important entrepot to its glories before the war with Iraq.
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