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

In the shadow of the gold-domed Sayedah Zainab shrine, six miles south of Damascus, lie the abandoned remains of what was once the de facto headquarters of ... the political capital for all ...

“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 ...

There has been news that Iran is planning to shift its capital from Tehran in the north to another, yet to be decided location, in the southern coastal region of Makran. The move is under active ...

"I've left instructions—if they do it, they get obliterated. There won't be anything left," the president told the press ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, raising questions about the future of the area — and of the axis.