Iran plans to relocate its capital from Tehran to the southern Makran coastal region due to economic and ecological concerns.

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 ...

Human rights groups accuse Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of using capital punishment as a tool following nationwide ...

By bne Tehran bureau Moving Iran's capital from Tehran is not feasible, but the country could relocate its economic centre to ...

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 unveiled an underground missile storage facility and announced Friday that it is manufacturing “new special missiles,” ...

“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 reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East ...

Iran held rallies in its major cities Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Revolutionary Guards ...