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Bushehr

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Bushehr (bshĕr`) or Bushire (–shĭr`), city (1991 pop. 132,824), SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. It is one of the chief ports of Iran, handling about 75% of Iran's foreign trade, and is the terminus of a trade route from Shiraz, Esfahan, and Tehran. An oil center for the region, Bushehr has a thermoelectric power plant and a fishing industry. Carpets, agricultural products, cotton, and wool are exported. Bushehr was founded in 1736 by Nadir Shah. It was used by the British as a base for their Persian Gulf fleet in the 18th cent. and became a major commercial port in the 19th cent. It suffered heavy damage during the Iran-Iraq War Iran-Iraq War, 1980–88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi spokespersons maintained that Iran had been engaging in artillery attacks on
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In the mid-1990s, a deal was struck with the Russians to complete one of the Bushehr reactors but since then the planned 2004 completion date has been pushed out till at least the end of this year.
Iran and "the bomb": while Iran does appear to have the ... by Hiserodt, Ed / The New American
Commercial sensitivity to regional politics became clear on February 16, 2005, when financial markets panicked amid reports of a small explosion in Bushehr province, which was wrongly assumed to be a foreign missile attack.
Oil price warfare by Howard, Roger / The National Interest
Finally, we refer you to the late Thomas Stauffer's article in the September 2003 Washington Report, "Unlike Dimona, Iran's Bushehr Reactor Not Useful for Weapons-Grade Plutonium.
Flattering neocons? by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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