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

As the most populous city and political and administrative nerve-center capital of Iran, Tehran’s possible brush with a powerful earthquake would entail in widespread political and social crises.

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

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 ...