About 2 weeks before starting the final exams , we left Tehran on 30th of ordibehesht to Khoozestan province in order to visit this south coastal part of Iran ,Having great oil sources and refineries ,extending allaround the province .

Arvandrood Bank

   After about 20 hours Our train arrived in Khoramshahr. we could see arvandrood river and on the other side of it there was Iraq .Twenty minutes later we were in Abadan .

 
 
 
 

    Unfortunately our visit to Abadan refinery ,due to some security problems was canceled !!! We spent a night in Abadan's Teachers campus. The Petroleum University Of Technology was our host there.
   The other day ,we arrived in Imam khomeyni Internaional harbor ,The greatest harbor in the middle east on the coast of Persian Gulf, and we boarded a ship. The captain and the crew welcomed us But we weren't allowed to visit the engine room .
   Then we got to Imam Khomeyni Petrochemical site, It was wonderful , we really enjoyed the Engineers' explanations and descriptions about the plants and processes.
Then the schedule was set to sleep a night in Ahvaaz and visit the Foolad Khoosestan steel Factory on the next day. This factory is the third greatest manufacturers of Porous steel in Iran.

Shoosh Historical Castle

Shoosh historical City

  After visiting Shoosh historical castles we get to Dezfool air force Base and next day On Thursday Khordad the 3rd our plan was to visit Dez and Karkheh dams .Karkheh dam is the 6th soil based dam in the world, Having 3 kilometers long ,230 meters height ,7 kilometer long tunnel .

Karkheh  Dam

finally ,we left Dezfool on Khordad the 4th.
  It should be mentioned this trip was organized by Masood H.Davoodi .

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