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 ...

Tehran was first made the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan, the founder of the Qajar dynasty, in 1786. Beforehand, the Iranian capital was located in Shiraz, in central Iran. Mason is the ...

Iranian officials say a man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Tehran, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in 1988.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said it would be easy to veryfy Iran was not developing atomic weapons, state TV reported ...

Throughout its history beginning from 2700 BCE, Iran has had 54 capital cities, each with a distinct chapter from Persepolis during the “golden age” of Achaemenid empire to the architectural marvel of ...

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 ...

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 was at the end of the ...

The men, Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, a father of three, were moved without prior notice on Sunday from Evin ...

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