Shalamcheh ( fa, شَلَمچه) is a town located in

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. It is situated on the border with

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

, north-west of Abadan. The town was one of the main sites of invasion of

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

's Iraq in the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations S ...

. Some 50,000 Iranians died in the fighting around the town, and there is today a war memorial in their memory. One of the two railway projects connecting Iran to Iraq is through Shalamcheh.https://www.eghtesadonline.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-210/563244-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AE%D8%B7-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84

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Populated places in Khorramshahr County Iran–Iraq border crossings {{Khorramshahr-geo-stub

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