City of Hormuz Ardeshir

The City of HormuzArdeshir (Persian: شهرستان هرمزاردشیر) is a Sassanid-era Persian archaeological remain. It is now located in the Khuzestan province in South-Western Iran/Persia.

It is believed that Ezzatollah Negahban first referred to the location as the city of Hormuz Ardashir. He had uncovered many Sassanid pottery artifacts in the region.

Hormuz Ardashir is believed to have been originally built by Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid dynasty (224-651 CE), upon the ruins of the Achaemenid city of Tareiana.

In 2007, the construction was halted due to concerns by local heritage activists that the tunneling would destroy the ancient Sassanid city of Hormuz Ardeshir.