Fakkeh, Iran

Fakkeh (Persian: فکه) [1] is a place at the northwest of Khuzestan and southeast of Ilam province in Iran.

[4] There are a lot of sandy land in the Fakkeh area and it has dry weather.

[3] In the Iran–Iraq War, Iraqi forces attacked to the north of Khuzestan from the Fakkeh region.

[7] Hasan Bagheri and Abdul-Majid Baghaei were two Iranian commanders who were killed in the Fakkeh.

Morteza Avini, an Iranian documentary filmmaker, was killed by shrapnel from a landmine explosion.