Abadan
Americannoun
noun
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The New York Times cited Israeli officials as saying that the Abadan oil refinery was one of the sites targeted in its air strikes on Saturday morning.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
We've also identified what appears to be damage to a storage unit at the Abadan Oil Refinery based in the south-western province of Khuzestan.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
Rasoulof and other artists had co-signed a letter urging authorities to put down their weapons amid demonstrations over a 2022 building collapse that killed at least 29 people in the southwestern city of Abadan.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
Making the film as an animation allowed Farsi to evoke the city of Abadan, which was razed during the war.
From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023
Abadan is on an island and the pipe line crosses the water from the mainland.
From A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden by Maxwell, Donald
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