About

Shushtar is a city in and the capital of Shushtar County, Khuzestan, Iran, the deeply historic city of Shushtar lies strategically where the last contoured red ridges of the expiring Zagros Mountains fade into the endless flat watermelon fields of southern Khuzestan. Beneath the initially unexciting surface of today’s low-rise cityscape, there are lots to discover including a complex of …

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Planning a Trip

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Getting Around

Shushtar’s single, handily central bus terminal is a block north and west from Shahriyar Square. Very regular buses run to Ahvaz and Dezful, where you can transfer for Shush or Andimeshk. There’s no public transport to Shush. But a good asphalt road exists passing within 5Km of Choqa Zanbil and emerging near Haft Tappeh.

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History & Culture

In the Elamite times Shushtar was known as Adamdun. In the Achaemenian times its name was Šurkutir. The modern name, Shushtar, is connected with the name of another ancient city, Susa (or Shush, in Persian pronunciation), and means "greater (or better) than Shush.". During the Sassanian era, it was an island city on the Karun River and selected to become …

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Top Attractions

Watermills: Shushtar’s raison d’être for millennia was controlling the irrigation of the Khuzestan plains, and the town’s most famous attraction is a set of ancient watermills. Qal’eh Salosel: The historic heart of Shushtar was Salosel Castel, on a prominent cliff-hill overlooking the river. This is where Shapur I is said to have imprisoned Roman Emperor Valerian.  

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