"Dezful" Dezful by desphilboy

Dezful is a mid size city in south west of IRAN, located near the Iraqi border on sides of the Dez River, in Khuzestan province. Dezful is the primary commercial center for northern Khuzestan and the main earning factor is agriculture.It has a very famous Orange, Wheat and Corn.
The Dez Dam, 203 m (666 ft) high, completed in 1963, is 32 km (20 mi) upstream from Dezful; the dam provides water and electricity for the city, as well as irrigation for nearby sugarcane farms. Dezful sits on the main north-south highway from Tehran to Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan. The main rail line from Tehran to the Persian Gulf is 15 km (9 mi) from Dezful, on the opposite side of the Dez River.
The area around Dezful has been settled for more than 5000 years, though the origins of the city are unknown. Many historical monuments from the period 1250 BC to AD 600 are in the area.One of the city's most notable attraction is an arched, 410-m (1345-ft) bridge spanning the Dez River; historians believe the bridge dates to the 4th century AD, although most of it may have been rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries. The city also contains several mosques and tombs dating from the 16th to 19th centuries. Dezful has been a regional market center since the Sassanid dynasty (224-651), although its fortunes fluctuated with the level of security in Khuzestan. The period from the early 18th to the early 19th century was generally a period of economic decline, but the city began to prosper and develop after 1925. Dezful was bombed several times during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and suffered extensive damage from Russian missiles of Saddam, most of which had been repaired by the mid-1990s. Population (1994) 202,004
Dezful also has ancient watermills over the DEZ river that had been used for flouring wheat till about 100 years ago. The citie`s most attractive entertainment is the DEZ river that has gathered almost unique features over the world. DEZ water is Cold ( 6-10 degrees celsius) and fair fine and clean so that one can count its bed stones of its 3-4 meter depth, and in summers that the temperature gets very high in khoozistan its almost the only entertainment of khoozestan people.

Distance from tehran: 800Km
time distance with Bus: 13 hours
Bus ticket from tehran: 3 $ us.
airplane ticket from tehran: 20 $ us.
Hotels: 2 not very good hotels
1-Hotel Ehsan,
2-Mehmansara jahangardi

Taxi for an hour: 5 $ us.
A sandwich price: 0.5 $ US.
A conserve tin: 0.5 $ us.
Iran telephone code: 98
Dezful Area code: 641

Nearby cities: andimeshk 10 Km
Shoush( Susa) 30 Km
Ahwaz 150 Km
Shoushtar 50 Km
Masjed soleiman 100 Km
Poldokhtar 100 Km

Entrance of an ancient house

Dezful has many beautifull buildings and houses of about 100 years ago. Most of these houses have underground rooms that is called SHAVADOON in dezfull local slang. The old city architecture is very nice with beautifull covered passages called SA`ABAT and very twisted narrow alleys.

Dezful bridge

Dezful has an ancient bridge that is told to be one the world oldest bridges.
It connects two sides of dezful that r placed in two sides of dez river.
It is told that has been made by Roman soldiers that has been punished by Iranian ancient kings of Sasani age in a war between ancient Iran and Rom.
The bridge has been repaired several times and now there is disscussions between dezful city parliament and ancient authorities organizattion to close this bridge against car traffic.

• Pros:Very nice ancient city, Very nice winter and spring
• Cons:Very hot in summers, poor people