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mansuori S A. The perspective of suffering; the suffering of others in the development of the interests of the local community. JORS 2025; 3 (6) :5-7
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The genesis of this research dates back to the winter of 2025, when the Architecture Group of the Howzeh Honari (Artistic Domain) of the Islamic Propagation Organization commissioned the Nazar Research Center to study “Camp B” in Bandar-e Imam Khomeini. “Camp B” was the name given by the Japanese constructors of the Iran-Japan Petrochemical Company (IJPC) to a section of their workers’ residential complex, located 15 kilometers from the petrochemical plant. At that time, Bandar-e Mahshahr was the largest residential area near the plant, and urban life had not yet taken root in the lands that now constitute Bandar-e Imam Khomeini.
Bandar-e Imam (formerly Bandar-e Shahpur) was selected for the construction of the petrochemical facilities because its khors (tidal inlets or creeks where the sea advances into the land) enabled navigation closer to Ahvaz, the logistical hub of Khuzestan Province. The oil industries, established in Khuzestan since the late Qajar period, had made Ahvaz their primary logistical center connecting to the mainland, and Bandar-e Shahpur served as the nearest outlet to international waters. Consequently, the Bandar-e Shahpur-Ahvaz railway was constructed—a direct line whose modern-day perceived insignificance belies its historical rationale, as it navigated around every natural or social obstacle in its path with the logic of a pons asinorum. This is the very same line that the Allied forces, by connecting it to Bandar-e Shah on the Caspian Sea during World War II, established their “Bridge of Victory” against the Axis powers and their allies.
Thus, a distinct advantage was created for Bandar-e Shahpur as the primary access point to the Iranian mainland, placing it in a superior position compared to other ports along the country’s two-thousand-kilometer southern coastline.
In 1973, the Japanese commenced the construction of the petrochemical complex at this location. Their objective was to multiply the value-added of the oil industries by leveraging several key factors: cheap labor, tax exemptions, minimal overhead costs owing to low land and infrastructure prices, and, most significantly, the elimination of the need to transport vast quantities of crude oil by processing it at the source. It was in this context that Bandar-e Shahpur—renamed Bandar-e Imam Khomeini after the Islamic Revolution—was born, emerging as one of the most important ports in the country today.
Bandar-e Imam (formerly Bandar-e Shahpur) was selected for the construction of the petrochemical facilities because its khors (tidal inlets or creeks where the sea advances into the land) enabled navigation closer to Ahvaz, the logistical hub of Khuzestan Province. The oil industries, established in Khuzestan since the late Qajar period, had made Ahvaz their primary logistical center connecting to the mainland, and Bandar-e Shahpur served as the nearest outlet to international waters. Consequently, the Bandar-e Shahpur-Ahvaz railway was constructed—a direct line whose modern-day perceived insignificance belies its historical rationale, as it navigated around every natural or social obstacle in its path with the logic of a pons asinorum. This is the very same line that the Allied forces, by connecting it to Bandar-e Shah on the Caspian Sea during World War II, established their “Bridge of Victory” against the Axis powers and their allies.
Thus, a distinct advantage was created for Bandar-e Shahpur as the primary access point to the Iranian mainland, placing it in a superior position compared to other ports along the country’s two-thousand-kilometer southern coastline.
In 1973, the Japanese commenced the construction of the petrochemical complex at this location. Their objective was to multiply the value-added of the oil industries by leveraging several key factors: cheap labor, tax exemptions, minimal overhead costs owing to low land and infrastructure prices, and, most significantly, the elimination of the need to transport vast quantities of crude oil by processing it at the source. It was in this context that Bandar-e Shahpur—renamed Bandar-e Imam Khomeini after the Islamic Revolution—was born, emerging as one of the most important ports in the country today.
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Received: 2025/10/1 | Accepted: 2025/02/19 | Published: 2025/02/19
Received: 2025/10/1 | Accepted: 2025/02/19 | Published: 2025/02/19
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