A City Under Dust Clouds

Ahvaz has been consistently ranked as one of the world’s worst cities for air pollution according to the World Health Organization, topping the list on numerous occasions in the past decade. Industrial sources, chief among them the refineries and other components of the vast petrochemical industry in Khuzestan Province, as well as massive dust storms, are the main contributors to air pollution.

The poor air quality has a significant impact on the lives of the residents of Ahvaz. Each year, thousands seek medical treatment for respiratory conditions. The air pollution has also increased immigration out of the city, limited investments and tourism, damaged infrastructure, and added to the already high electricity and water consumption of the city.

A skate park seen through a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Cars travel along a highway, through a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A train station, under a hazy sky, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A view out of a window, onto a hazy landscape, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Trains at a station, under a hazy sky, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A view of Ahvaz, blanketed in a thick haze.
A road, under a hazy orange sky, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A man sits on the banks of Karun River, covered in a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Birds fly in the haze covered sky above the Karun River in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A boat and an island on the Karun River, under a hazy sky, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Piles of trash on the side of the road, with a thick haze in the air, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A bridge over the Karun River, blanketed in a thick haze.

A street, blanketed under a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A dog in park, covered in a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
An underpass, under a hazy sky, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.

An Iranian man wearing a mask browses newspapers in a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
A street next to a market, with several workers visible, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Two Iranian men wear masks and cover their face as they walk past a market in a thick haze, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Ships at the port of Mahshahr, under a hazy sky, near Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Cars and buildings along an empty street, under a hazy sky, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran.
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