An Iranian government spokesperson announced that the country is moving its capital city to the south by the coast, inciting both support and backlash.

Iran is changing its capital city to Makran, in the southern coastal region, from Tehran in the north for economic and ecological reasons, according to Persian-language satellite TV station Iran ...

Moreover, the city, generating some 30% of Iran's GDP, is perilously vulnerable to earthquakes, as it sits atop two major seismic fault lines. Tehran was established as capital by Agha Mohammad ...

The move of building a new capital city is not unique to Iran. Egypt is currently developing a new capital city between Cairo and Sinai, which is provisionally called the “New Administrative ...

Iran has announced to move its capital from Tehran - largest city in the north - to the southern coastal region of Makran. The decision to shift the over 200-year-old capital is motivated by a few ...

President Donald Trump has wisely muted his boasts of ending the Ukraine war in a day. His peacemaking energies might be better diverted to another intractable conflict: the U.S. standoff ...

Due to overpopulation, water scarcity and electricity shortages, Iran is considering a plan to relocate its capital city Tehran to the southern coastal region of Makran, a government spokeswoman has ...

Iran is mulling moving its capital from Tehran to Makran in the southern region, according to several media reports. Iran is looking at changing its capital city. The country is mulling moving its ...

the Fajr Film Festival takes place every year on the anniversary of the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The 43rd Fajr Film Festival opened in the Iranian capital ...