In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A view of the oldest refinery of the Middle East (Bibayan) and Sulfur producing factory that is located in Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. A part of the factory's chimney was bombed by the airplanes of the Saddam during Iran-Iraq war. This refinery was used until 1973. After date year for different reasons it was never used. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Rezagholi Chehrazi, 80 years old, shows the petroleum pipelines with his wooden stick and speaks about the numerous problems in spite of petroleum and gas resources. He rest with his wife Parvaneh Gheisari who is 50 years old in suburb of Gazin village in Naft Sefid region, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. Their job is animal keeping and agriculture. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A villager woman, Lalehzar Aslanlou, 57 years old (right) with her mother Zeinab Aslani, 80 years old are collecting grass for their cows in a meadow in suburb of Haftkal town, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran, that petroleum pipelines passes there. Ms. Aslanlou speaks about their problems: petroleum and other things all are produced here, but our hands are empty and we own nothing. I have 7 children, that out of them hold B.Sc. and M.Sc. and all are unemployed. We have stone mine and lime ovens but since we do not have money to provide machineries and work is closed. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. This 30 years old woman who does not tell her name and surname is standing with her 9 years old daughter Zohreh Ahmadi in their yard. She has two children and her husband is shepherd and works in villages of Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. Because of poverty and life problems, she has committed suicide two times. The first time her daughter and son enter the room and prevent her. The second time he had decided to go to Sad Bridge out of the city that driver of the taxi prevents her.  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Abdal Heidarinezhad, 53 years old, is kissing his 6 years old son, Reza who is sitting on his knees, while his wife Katayoun Karimi speaks with reporter about the suicide of their elder daughter. Abdal is a contract-based laborer in Petroleum Company and because of financial poverty and low salary is not able to manage his family with 7 mouths. His elder daughter Fatemeh, was 22 years old and a student of Health field at university. She used to complain about financial limitations and difficulties of their family, lack of decent life facilities such as cloths and shoes, cell phone and not having any travel and finally like other young people of Masjed Soleiman commits suicide.  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. The sitting room in Abdal Heidarinezhad’s house, the laborer of Petroleum Company and his son who is watching TV. Fatemeh the elder daughter of Abdal hanged herself from this ceiling fan.  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Mahbeigom Ghandli, 60 years old, had lean to the wall and was speaking about the suicide of her children. She had six children but she lost two children after their self-immolation. The other son committed suicide but was saved. Mahbeigom for 20 years have been wearing black cloths for her children, she has been under the violence of her husband and he has left her after second marriage and then divorced her. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Fatemeh Soltani 88 years old, with her grandchild Behgol Soltani 4 years old in yard of an old house of the Petroleum Company in Naft Sefid village. They use this yard as barn for their sheep. They use gas light that comes from the ground. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Wastewater in boroughs of Masjed Soleiman in a river that passes in middle of the city. Surface and wastewater and lacking any standard system is one of the main problems of Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Naftoon with Latin alphabet is written on a tower in old borough. Naftoon is one of the old names of Masjed Soleiman that is written in several parts of this borough. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. A view of Kalgeh borough that because of land subsidence and lacking any protection for residents and children there is the danger of falling in the hole.  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Zarafshan Nasiri, 68 years old, is sitting on a bench beside her house in Naftoon borough. Most of her neighbors have migrated to other cities because of air pollution and she has lost all her friends and neighbors. Because of pollution and leaking of petroleum and gas, all houses have been deserted and all houses must be evacuated. Transference plan has not been executed completely and many people live there yet.  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. A view of the installation of petroleum well No. 14 in Zilaei located in suburb of Lali town. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Petroleum transference pipeline beside the road ending in nomad's area in suburb of Lali town, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. The petroleum pipelines for transference of the petroleum could be observed in Masjed Soleiman and Lali, beside the road. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A view of an old empty house named "Leini" in Naft Sefid village that had been built to be used by the personnel Petroleum Company and their family. This house and many of its facilities that had been established for welfare of the residents in Naft Sefid have been destructed during years and not restoring them. Some of these houses now use as sheep fold. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Fatemeh Soltani, 88 years old (Right) while sitting on a bed in front of an old house Petroleum Company, in Naft Sefid village, speaks with her husband Kaniz Astirki, who is 94 years old.   Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A woman with her child passes beside a big water tank in Sarborj borough in Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. This water tanks was bombed by airplanes during Iran-Iraq war and its water destructed man lower land houses. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Images of the martyrs of Masjed Soleiman who were martyred in Iran-Iraq war, they have been portrayed on a wall on flag of Iran, while an elderly woman is crossing in front of them in Kalgeh borough, Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A view of sore gas well Jurassic 315 in suburb of Masjed Soleiman that rises a black smoke after extinguishing it. Leaking of sore gas and breathing by the animals and human causes the attack of acid gas H2S to the nose and in a short time disables the cells of the nose and the individual loses his/her smelling ability and in high density causes death. Several years ago, when the factory in Dareh Khersan was exploded because of gas leaking, 4 fire fighter and petroleum engineer who were close to explosion place and sore gas leaking location, died because of breathing the gas, since then people changed the name of sore gas to Breathing Gas. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A dog is lying in the destroyed houses that were destructed beacause of executing the plan for transferring polluted regions in Naftkhiz or Dareh Khersan alley, Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. Environment pollution because of crude oil leaking in some boroughs and the gas in the earth and its evaporation to the air has endangered the human and animal life in Masjed Soleiman city.  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A political sentence written on a big water tank in Sarborj borough in Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. On the tank that was bombed during Iran-Iraq war by Iraqi airplanes, this sentence is written in Persian: "IN this land the wolves are unable to tear down. They have decided to be domestic in order to escape the hunger". Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. A shepherd man Shanbal Ghazizadeh, 65 years old, has taken his sheep in remaining stairways of quitted boroughs in Naftkhiz or Dareh Khersan region close to number one well in Masjed Soleiman (the first discovered well of crude oil in Middle East).  Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Black crude oil is sprayed over the Golf lands for making the soil darker in Masjed Soleiman city, Khouzestan province, Southwest Iran. One of the first clubs of this city is Golf club and lands that have been established for British engineers since discovery of the petroleum. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In this picture taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Alborz Slotani 65 years old passes beside a light in his house in Naft Sefid village, Khuzestan province, Southwest Iran. The residents of the village use gas lights for lighting their nights. Naft Sefid oilfield is located the 65 km Northeast of Ahwaz, being considered as one of the oldest oilfields of Iran that is located near the border between Iran and Iraq. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. One of the poor families residing in Kalgeh borough are getting off the old car. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A villagers shepherd collects his sheep and goats from the barn in Naft Sefid village. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.

In This picture was taken on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. A view of the landscape for burning sore gas near Naft Sefid village in Haftkal city in suburb of Ahwaz. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.