VOL. XXXVI
NO. 7
16-NOVEMBER-1992
IRAN
Iran Reopens Port of Khorramshahr
Iran reopened the port of Khorramshahr, located in the Shatt al-'Arabwaterway which separates Iran and Iraq, on 14 November for the first time in 12years. Khorramshahr was virtually razed during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war andthe Shatt al-'Arab was clogged with war-wrecked ships and mines. The Governor ofKhorramshahr, Mr. Mahdi Jaberi, said that most of the waterway has been dredgedto allow vessels with a draft of up to three...
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