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{{Short description|City in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran}}


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| subdivision_name2        = Zahedan
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| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Mohammad Amir Barahuyi<ref>https://www.isna.ir/news/1400070805397</ref>
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| website                  = {{url|http://zahedan.ir/}}
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| timezone                 = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
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'''Zahedan''' (Balochi and {{lang-fa|{{audio|fa-Zahedan.ogg|زاهدان|help=no}}}}, ''{{transliteration|fa|Zâhedân}}'' {{IPA-fa|zɒːheˈd̪ɒːn|}}){{efn|Could also be romanized as '''Zāhidān''' and '''Zaahedaan'''. Also known as '''Zâhedâne Yek'''. Formerly known as '''Dowzdâb''' (دوزداب), '''Dozdâb''' (دزداب) or '''Dozdâp''' (دزداپ), and renamed '''Zâhedân''' by Reza Shah Pahlavi during the late 1920s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Skrine|first=Clarmont|year=1962|title=World War in Iran|publisher=Constable & Company, Ltd.|page=68}}</ref><ref>{{GEOnet3|-3088799}}</ref>}} is a city in the Central District of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, [[Religion:Iran|Iran]] and serves as capital of the province, county and district.<ref name="Sistan and Baluchestan Structure">{{cite web |title = Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan |language = fa |website = Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users |url = https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113038 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130724212413/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113038 |archive-date = 24 July 2013 |publisher = Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board |last = Habibi |first = Hassan |date= 21 June 1369 |access-date = 29 December 2023}}</ref> It is near the Iran-Pakistan border. 

At the 2006 census, its population was 552,706 in 109,488 households.<ref name="2006 census">{{cite web | title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) | page = 11 | language = fa | publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran | website = AMAR | url = http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls | access-date = 25 September 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083538/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls | format = Excel | archive-date = 20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 560,725 people in 134,088 households.<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web | title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) | page = 11 | language = fa | publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran | website = Syracuse University | url = https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221125114706/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls | archive-date = 25 November 2022 | access-date = 19 December 2022 | format = Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census showed a population of 587,730 people in 146,717 households.<ref name="2016 census">{{cite web | title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) | page = 11 | language = fa | publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran | website = AMAR | url = https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx | access-date = 19 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx | format = Excel | archive-date = 23 December 2021}}</ref>

The city was the site of a deadly crackdown in October 2022, with dozens citizens killed by pro-governmental forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Engelbrecht |first=Cora |last2=Tabrizy |first2=Nilo |last3=Jhaveri |first3=Ishaan |date=2022-10-14 |title=‘It Was a Massacre’: How Security Forces Cracked Down in Southeastern Iran |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/world/middleeast/iran-zahedan-crackdown.html |access-date=2022-10-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Over 90 people were killed.<ref name="Fresh clashes"/> Two senior police officials were fired in the aftermath of the crackdown.<ref name="Fresh clashes">{{cite news |title=Iran protests: Fresh clashes in Zahedan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63430246 |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=BBC News |date=28 October 2022}}</ref> On 28 October, there were protests in Zahedan and security forces fired on protestors, killing 1 and injuring 14.<ref name="Fresh clashes"/>

On 3 November 2022, the Shi'i cleric and Khamenei loyalist Sajjad Shahraki was assassinated in Zahedan.<ref name="Daragahi 2022">{{cite news |last1=Daragahi |first1=Borzou |title=‘Death to the dictator’: Dozens killed as Iran’s southeast erupts in political violence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-baluchistan-mahsa-amini-protests-b2217865.html |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=The Independent |date=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Cleric killed">{{cite news |title=Iranian cleric killed in flashpoint city of Zahedan - IRNA |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cleric-flashpoint-iranian-city-zahedan-has-been-killed-irna-2022-11-03/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work={{wipe|Reuters}} |agency=Islamic Republic News Agency |date=3 November 2022}}</ref> The next day, there were widespread protests in the city and Revolutionary Guards and other armed forces fired on protestors.<ref name="Daragahi 2022"/>

==Name==
The original name of the city was '''Duzzap''' (Persian: ''Duzdab'', meaning "Water Stolen"), which it had received due to the abrupt floods into the valley. The name was later changed to Zahedan (Persian for "hermits") during [[Biography:Reza Shah|Reza Shah]]'s visit in 1929.{{sfn|Dudoignon|2017|p=119}}

== History ==
[[File:Makki Mosque in Zahedan.jpg|thumb|Makki Mosque]]
[[File:Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS) Mosque.jpg|thumb|Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque]]
Mention of Zahedan first appears in sources in August 1849. However, the city first truly started to grow during the early 20th-century.{{sfn|Dudoignon|2017|pp=118–119}} During [[Social:World War I|World War I]] it became the westernmost terminal of the Zahedan railway station, which reached as far as Quetta in the northern part of what was then British Baluchistan.{{sfn|Bosworth|2002|p=387}}

==Geography==
Zahedan is connected by rail to nearby Pakistan and is near to Afghanistan. It is about {{convert|41|km|abbr=on}} south of the tripoint of the three countries and at an altitude of {{convert|1352|m|abbr=on}} above sea level and {{convert|1605|km|abbr=on}} from the Iranian capital of [[Place:Tehran|Tehran]].
[[File:Municipality Building.jpg|thumb|Zahedan Municipality]]
===Climate===
Zahedan has a hot desert climate ([[Earth:Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''BWh'', [[Earth:Trewartha climate classification|Trewartha]]: ''BW''). Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls in winter.

Zahedan experiences very hot summers, there are 84.7 days per year with maximum temperature above {{Convert|35|C|F|abbr=on}}, of which 7 days have a daily maximum above {{Convert|40|C|F|abbr=on}}.. Winters are quite cold with minimum temperatures below {{Convert|0|C|F|abbr=on}} for 43.7 days annually. Zahedan also experinces 81.3 days a year with [[Earth:Haze|haze]].<ref name="ncei"/>

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|Jan record high C = 27.0
|Feb record high C = 29.8
|Mar record high C = 34.5
|Apr record high C = 37.4
|May record high C = 41.0
|Jun record high C = 43.4
|Jul record high C = 43.0
|Aug record high C = 43.0
|Sep record high C = 41.0
|Oct record high C = 36.2
|Nov record high C = 30.6
|Dec record high C = 28.6
| Jan high C  =14.8
| Feb high C  =17.7
| Mar high C  =22.4
| Apr high C  =28.4
| May high C  =33.1
| Jun high C  =36.4
| Jul high C  =37.4
| Aug high C  =36.0
| Sep high C  =32.9
| Oct high C  =28.2
| Nov high C  =21.9
| Dec high C  =17.1
| year high C =
| Jan mean C  =7.5
| Feb mean C  =10.5
| Mar mean C  =15.3
| Apr mean C  =21.1
| May mean C  =25.9
| Jun mean C  =29.2
| Jul mean C  =30.3
| Aug mean C  =28.2
| Sep mean C  =24.0
| Oct mean C  =18.9
| Nov mean C  =13.0
| Dec mean C  =8.6
| year mean C =
| Jan low C  =0.8
| Feb low C  =3.7
| Mar low C  =8.4
| Apr low C  =13.2
| May low C  =17.5
| Jun low C  =19.9
| Jul low C  =20.8
| Aug low C  =18.1
| Sep low C  =13.7
| Oct low C  =9.6
| Nov low C  =4.9
| Dec low C  =1.0
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|Jan record low C =-22.0
|Feb record low C =-14.0
|Mar record low C =-7.0
|Apr record low C =-1.0
|May record low C =   1.4
|Jun record low C =  10.8
|Jul record low C =  12.0
|Aug record low C =   8.0
|Sep record low C =2.0
|Oct record low C =-4.0
|Nov record low C =-11.0
|Dec record low C =-16.0

| Jan precipitation mm  =16.5
| Feb precipitation mm  =12.4
| Mar precipitation mm  =13.9
| Apr precipitation mm  =8.6
| May precipitation mm  =3.6
| Jun precipitation mm  =1.2
| Jul precipitation mm  =1.0
| Aug precipitation mm  =0.2
| Sep precipitation mm  =0.1
| Oct precipitation mm  =4.0
| Nov precipitation mm  =3.9
| Dec precipitation mm  =12.5
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| Jan precipitation days  =2.7
| Feb precipitation days  =2.1
| Mar precipitation days  =2.5
| Apr precipitation days  =1.8
| May precipitation days  =1
| Jun precipitation days  =0.2
| Jul precipitation days  =0.1
| Aug precipitation days  =0
| Sep precipitation days  =0.1
| Oct precipitation days  =0.5
| Nov precipitation days  =0.8
| Dec precipitation days  =1.3
| year precipitation days =
| Jan snow days  =0.7
| Feb snow days  =0.4
| Mar snow days  =0.1
| Apr snow days  =0
| May snow days  =0
| Jun snow days  =0
| Jul snow days  =0
| Aug snow days  =0
| Sep snow days  =0
| Oct snow days  =0
| Nov snow days  =0
| Dec snow days  =0.3
| year snow days =

| Jan humidity    =48
| Feb humidity    =43
| Mar humidity    =37
| Apr humidity    =28
| May humidity    =21
| Jun humidity    =16
| Jul humidity    =16
| Aug humidity    =16
| Sep humidity    =17
| Oct humidity    =25
| Nov humidity    =35
| Dec humidity    =42
| year humidity   =
| Jan dew point C =-4.6
| Feb dew point C =-3.5
| Mar dew point C =-2.0
| Apr dew point C =-0.4
| May dew point C =0.2
| Jun dew point C =-0.4
| Jul dew point C =0.8
| Aug dew point C =-1.3
| Sep dew point C =-3.9
| Oct dew point C =-3.5
| Nov dew point C =-4.1
| Dec dew point C =-5.7

| Jan sun  =231
| Feb sun  =221
| Mar sun  =240
| Apr sun  =267
| May sun  =307
| Jun sun  =329
| Jul sun  =344
| Aug sun  =342
| Sep sun  =316
| Oct sun  =298
| Nov sun  =262
| Dec sun  =229
| year sun =
| Jan light = 10.5
| Feb light = 11.2
| Mar light = 12
| Apr light = 12.9
| May light = 13.6
| Jun light = 14
| Jul light = 13.8
| Aug light = 13.2
| Sep light = 12.3
| Oct light = 11.5
| Nov light = 10.7
| Dec light = 10.3
| year light= 
| Jan uv  =4
| Feb uv  =6
| Mar uv  =9
| Apr uv  =11
| May uv  =12
| Jun uv  =12
| Jul uv  =12
| Aug uv  =12
| Sep uv  =10
| Oct uv  =8
| Nov uv  =5
| Dec uv  =4
| year uv =
|source  =NOAA NCEI <ref name="ncei">{{cite web |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Zahedan |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Iran/CSV/Zahedan_40856.csv |website=ncei.noaa.gov |format=CSV |publisher=NOAA |access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref>(1961–1990 extremes)<ref name=NOAA/>
|source 2 =Weather atlas<ref>{{cite web |title=Yearly & Monthly Weather - Zahedan, Iran |url=https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/iran/zahedan-climate |website=weather atlas |access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref>

}}

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|width = auto
|location = Zahedan (1955-2010)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high C = 27.0
|Feb record high C = 29.8
|Mar record high C = 34.0
|Apr record high C = 38.0
|May record high C = 41.0
|Jun record high C = 43.0
|Jul record high C = 43.0
|Aug record high C = 43.0
|Sep record high C = 41.0
|Oct record high C = 38.0
|Nov record high C = 31.0
|Dec record high C = 28.0
|Jan high C = 14.3
|Feb high C = 17.0
|Mar high C = 21.9
|Apr high C = 27.7
|May high C = 32.5
|Jun high C = 36.2
|Jul high C = 37.0
|Aug high C = 35.8
|Sep high C = 32.5
|Oct high C = 27.8
|Nov high C = 21.8
|Dec high C = 16.7
|Jan mean C =  7.2
|Feb mean C =  10.2
|Mar mean C = 15.0
|Apr mean C = 20.1
|May mean C = 24.5
|Jun mean C = 27.5
|Jul mean C = 28.6
|Aug mean C = 26.6
|Sep mean C = 22.7
|Oct mean C = 18.2
|Nov mean C = 12.8
|Dec mean C =  8.8
|Jan low C = 0.2
|Feb low C =  3.1
|Mar low C =  7.9
|Apr low C = 12.4
|May low C = 16.3
|Jun low C = 18.9
|Jul low C = 20.0
|Aug low C = 17.5
|Sep low C = 12.9
|Oct low C =  8.5
|Nov low C =  3.8
|Dec low C =  1.0
|Jan record low C = −22.0
|Feb record low C = −14.0
|Mar record low C =  −7.0
|Apr record low C =  −1.0
|May record low C =   1.4
|Jun record low C =  10.8
|Jul record low C =  11.0
|Aug record low C =   8.0
|Sep record low C =   2.0
|Oct record low C =  −4.0
|Nov record low C = −11.0
|Dec record low C = −16.0
|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm = 21.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 17.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 15.7
|Apr precipitation mm =  10.6
|May precipitation mm =  4.5
|Jun precipitation mm =  0.8
|Jul precipitation mm =  1.3
|Aug precipitation mm =  0.5
|Sep precipitation mm =  0.1
|Oct precipitation mm =  2.2
|Nov precipitation mm =  4.0
|Dec precipitation mm =  11.2
|Jan rain days = 5.0
|Feb rain days = 4.3
|Mar rain days = 5.0
|Apr rain days = 4.0
|May rain days = 2.6
|Jun rain days = 0.5
|Jul rain days = 0.5
|Aug rain days = 0.1
|Sep rain days = 0.2
|Oct rain days = 1.0
|Nov rain days = 1.5
|Dec rain days = 2.7
|Jan snow days = 0.6
|Feb snow days = 0.3
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|Apr snow days = 0
|May snow days = 0
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0
|Nov snow days = 0
|Dec snow days = 0.3
|Jan humidity = 54
|Feb humidity = 47
|Mar humidity = 40
|Apr humidity = 32
|May humidity = 26
|Jun humidity = 21
|Jul humidity = 21
|Aug humidity = 21
|Sep humidity = 22
|Oct humidity = 29
|Nov humidity = 38
|Dec humidity = 48
|Jan sun = 215.1
|Feb sun = 209.2
|Mar sun = 224.9
|Apr sun = 251.6
|May sun = 304.5
|Jun sun = 316.8
|Jul sun = 330.7
|Aug sun = 333.8
|Sep sun = 308.1
|Oct sun = 294.0
|Nov sun = 252.9
|Dec sun = 217.3
|source 1 =NOAA (1961–1990)<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
  |url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IR/40856.TXT
  |title = Zahedan Climate Normals 1961–1990
  |publisher = [[Organization:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
  |access-date = 19 December 2012}}</ref>
|date=March 2014}}

== Demographics ==
Although the surrounding area has many ancient sites, Zahedan itself developed mainly in the 20th century. Before being chosen as the provincial administrative center in the 1930s, Zahedan was a small village. Its population reached 17,500 by 1956 and increased more than fivefold to 93,000 by 1976. After 1980, large numbers of refugees fleeing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan helped triple the population of Zahedan to more than 281,000 by 1986, a number which has since doubled again.

== Education ==
[[Image:University of Sistan and Baluchestan.JPG|250px|thumb|left|University of Sistan and Baluchestan's Amphitheater in Zahedan.]]
Zahedan is the home of the Islamic Azad University of Zahedan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iauzah.ac.ir/|title=دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد زاهدان|website=iauzah.ac.ir}}</ref> the [[Organization:Zahedan University of Medical Sciences|Zahedan University of Medical Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zaums.ac.ir/default.page|title=خانه|website=zaums.ac.ir}}</ref> and the [[Organization:University of Sistan and Baluchestan|University of Sistan and Baluchestan]]. Besides, the largest Sunni seminary, Darululoom Zahedan, is located in Zahedan. There are some other religious Sunni schools in the city and the vicinity.

[[File:Street view fountain.jpg|thumb|Street view, Zahedan]]

===Sports===
In April 2008 the 70 billion IRR (about 2.5 million USD) Zahedan Stadium was built with a seating capacity of 15,000 people. It was inaugurated on 18 April 2008 with a friendly football game between ''Honarmandan'' (Artists) and a local team.

==Economy==

Zahedan is the main economic center of the region and home to many small- and medium-scale industries. Its main products include cotton textiles, woven and hand-knotted rugs, ceramics, processed foods, livestock feed, processed hides, milled rice, brick, reed mats and baskets.

== Transport ==
[[File:Zahedan Railway Station.jpg|thumb|Zahedan railway station]]

Zahedan is served by Zahedan International Airport.

Highway 95 links Zahedan to [[Place:Tehran|Tehran]] and [[Place:Mashhad|Mashhad]] in the north and the port of Bandar Chabahar on the Sea of Oman in the south, and Highway 84 to the Pakistani city of Quetta in the east and to Kerman in the west.

For decades the {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} broad gauge (Indian subcontinent system) railway exists from Zahedan station to/from Quetta's station in Pakistan, the Quetta–Taftan Railway Line. Beyond this, west, a standard gauge line was completed from Zahedan to Kerman linking the city with the rest of the Iranian rail network.<ref>{{cite news |title=Closing the gap from Bam to Zahedan |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/closing-the-gap-from-bam-to-zahedan.html |work=Railway Gazette International |date= 1 January 2007 |author=Dr John Stubbs}}</ref> This flowed from a 18 May 2007 MOU for rail co-operation (of Pakistan and Iran) under which the line was to be completed by December 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Intelligence |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/intelligence-july-2007.html |work=Railway Gazette International |date=1 July 2007}}</ref> It was completed with an opening ceremony on 19 June 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/afghanistan/tag/zahedan/|title=Zahedan &#124; Railways of Afghanistan|website=andrewgrantham.co.uk}}</ref> This means that Zahedan hosts the [[Engineering:Break of gauge|break of gauge]] between the Islamic Republic of Iran Railway's standard gauge tracks of the Trans-Iranian Railway and Pakistan Railway's broad gauge aforementioned.

=== Chabahar–Zahedan railway ===
[[File:Iran_railway_en.png|thumb|300px|right|Existing Iran railway network in 2015, Zahedan–Bam–Mirjaveh railway is already complete and operational]]
In May 2016, during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Iran, agreement was signed to develop two terminals and five berths at Port of Chabahar and to build a new railway between Chabahar and Zahedan, as part of North–South Transport Corridor, by Indian Railways's public sector unit Ircon International.<ref name=FP1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-chabahar-port-india-to-build-500-km-rail-line-on-southern-coast-of-iran-as-part-of-transit-corridor-to-afghanistan-2215791|title=Chabahar port: India to build 500&nbsp;km rail line on southern coast of Iran as part of transit corridor to Afghanistan|date=23 May 2016|website=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref> This proposal is under study and consideration, a via Kerman connection to the port of Chabahar.<ref name=FP1/>

In July 2016, India began shipping US$150 million of tracks to Chabahar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/india-to-export-usd-150-mn-rails-for-chabahar-port-next-month-2857029/|title=India to export USD 150 mn rails for Chabahar port next month|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> to build the US$1.6 billion line, for which India pledged additional US$400 million and Iran has also allocated US$125 million in December 2016, thus taking the total allocation to US$575 million (out of US$1.6 billion needed) by the end of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/56102/125m-for-chabahar-zahedan-railroad|title=$125m for Chabahar-Zahedan Railroad|date=24 December 2016|website=Financial Tribune}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*Mohammad Jorjandi, cybercrime expert

== See also ==
* 2007 Zahedan bombings
* 2009 Zahedan bombings
* July 2010 Zahedan bombings
* 2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== Sources ==
* {{EI2|last=Bosworth|first=C.E.|volume=11|title=Zāhidān|pages=387|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/zahidan-SIM_8075}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dudoignon |first=Stéphane A. |title=The Baluch, Sunnism and the State in Iran: From Tribal to Global |date=2017 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWlNDwAAQBAJ&dq |isbn=978-0-19-065591-4}}

== External links ==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Zahedan}}
* [http://portalzahedan.ir/ Municipality of Zahedan]
* [http://www.zaums.ac.ir/ Zahedan University of Medical Sciences]
* [http://en.sunnionline.us/ Official Website of the Sunni Community of Iran, Sunnionline]



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