TEHRAN-- Jameh Mosque of Dezful, a centuries-old congregational place of worship that stands tall in the southwestern Khuzestan province, needs urgent repair, a regional tourist authorities has said.Due to the damage to the drain pipelines, the eastern and western sides of the mosque need to go through urgent remediation, Abbas Cheragh-Cheshm explained on Saturday.An appropriate budget needs to be allocated to the remediation task, the main added.The historic mosque has been contributed to the national heritage list.Khuzestan is house to three UNESCO World Heritage sites, particularly Susa, Tchogha Zanbil, and Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System yet it is a region of raw beauty where its visitors might invest weeks checking out.

The province is also a cradle for handicrafts and arts whose crafters acquired from their preceding generations.Lying at the head of the Persian Gulf and surrounding Iraq on the west, Khuzestan was settled about 6000 BC by an individuals with affinities to the Sumerians, who came from the Zagros Mountains area.

Urban centers appeared there nearly contemporaneously with the first cities in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium.

Khuzestan, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, pertained to make up the heart of the Elamite kingdom, with Susa as its capital.The terms Jameh Mosque , Masjed-e Jameh and Friday Mosque are utilized in Iran for a grand communal mosque where mandatory Friday prayers are carried out: the expression is used in other Muslim nations but just in Iran does it designate this purpose.ABU/ MG