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

The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...

“This matter is currently being worked on.” The announcement comes a week after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that the capital should be moved toward the Persian Gulf for reasons ...

Iran is planning to relocate its capital from Tehran to the southern city of Makran, a move that could mark a historic milestone if implemented. Makran, part of the Balochistan plateau shared by ...

Iran uses capital punishment for major crimes including murder, drug trafficking, rape and sexual assault. Activists are increasingly alarmed over the surge in hangings in Iran. The Islamic ...

emerges as a contender in the discourse surrounding the prospective designation of Iran's new capital, spokesperson for the Iranian government, Fatemeh Mohajerani, said in a press briefing in ...

The first time the possibility of moving the capital to nearby cities was raised was at the end of the Iran-Iraq War, which took place in the 1980s. This eight-year conflict left the country with ...

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 ...

The gold-domed Sayeda Zainab shrine is about six miles south of the Syrian capital, Damascus ... of what was once the de facto headquarters of Iran's "axis of resistance," an informal alliance ...