Ahvaz, Iran, which is a city of 1.1 million people in the country's southwest desert region, appears to have set not only Iran's hottest temperature on record Thursday, but also set a record for June heat in all of mainland Asia. According to Weather Underground and French meteorologist Etienne Kapikian, the city reached a staggering 128.7 degrees making it by far the highest recorded temperature in Iran and potentially one of the highest ever recorded on Earth. As The Independent reports, there’s some ambiguity about the hottest temperature ever recorded, as well as how hot it actually got in Ahvaz, for several reasons. If the Ahvaz temperature passes muster and the 134 reading from Death Valley is dropped, there will be at least two places tied for having the world's hottest recorded temperatures. According to USA Today, the heat index, which takes humidity into account, was even higher reaching 142F (61.1C)

Temperatures in the region are forecast to dip to below 117F (47C) today.
A temperature of 53.7°C (128.7°F) is recorded during the 2017 heat wave in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, breaking Iran's previous record and becoming one of the highest temperatures ever recorded on Earth.