| Those convicted came from Tehran, Yazd, Shiraz, Abadan and Kerman, and were each imprisoned for between 11 and 21 years. |
| The British occupation of Basra, Turkey's port at the head of the Persian Gulf, in November 1914 had been justifiable strategically because of the need to protect the oil wells of southern Persia and the Abadan refinery. |
| Abadan is on an island and the pipe line crosses the water from the mainland. |
| On the eastern side of its lower course is Abadan Island, on which about 1,000 tons of crude oil are refined daily. |
| The Iran-Iraq war caused an important amount of damage to Iran's oil installations, in particular the almost complete destruction of the Abadan refinery. |
| Several cinemas were burned down, with sometimes tragic consequences:in August 1978,400 people lost their lives at the Rex in the city of Abadan. |
