Shalamcheh

Shalamcheh

Shalamcheh

Place in Khuzestan Province, Iran

Shalamcheh (Persian: شَلَمچه) is a town located in Khuzestan Province, Iran. It is situated on the border with Iraq, north-west of Abadan. The town was one of the main sites of invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War. Some 50,000 Iranians died in the fighting around the town, and there is today a war memorial in their memory.[1] The Basra–Shalamcheh rail line, one of the two railway projects connecting Iran to Iraq, is through Shalamcheh.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Afshin Molavi (12 July 2010). The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Struggle for Freedom. W. W. Norton. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-0-393-07875-6.
  2. [2]
    "یک خط آهن راهبردی بین ایران و عراق / صرفه جویی ۲۲۵میلیون لیتر گازوئیل در سال". www.eghtesadonline.com. September 18, 2021.

30°30′N 48°04′E


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