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 ...

“This place became the political capital for all of these ... triggering a frantic exodus from the city by anyone who had been fighting under Iran’s banner. In the weeks since, residents ...

Due to these problems, the idea of relocating the capital from Tehran to another city has been considered for years. The first time the possibility of moving the capital to nearby cities was raised ...

The gold-domed Sayeda Zainab shrine is about six miles south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The area was a headquarters for Shiite militia groups.

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran 196679 documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran The images of destitution in Tehrans poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran’s capital Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of ...

31 (Xinhua) -- The 43rd Fajr Film Festival opened in the Iranian capital Tehran Thursday evening ... and the date will be announced soon. Being Iran's most prestigious cinematic event, the ...