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At the end of the 18th century, the British and Dutch transferred their regional commercial offices to Bushehr, and during the 19th century the town was prominent as the home of the British political agent for the Persian Gulf.
This situation had lasted till 1913, and during the long battle between the Iranian and the British troops, the Iranians lost in 1857 and the British influence expanded to include all the Persian Gulf cost.
The city was economically depressed until the 1960s when the government initiated a major development program.
This facility was only partially completed when it was bombed by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War ( 1980 – 1988 ).
When Germany, the initial backer of the plant, declined to complete it after the war, Iran tried to secure aid from other countries.
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