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

The population density in Tehran - 11,969 people per square kilometer - is more than 180 times higher than Iran’s average. More than 20 million daily trips occur in the city, where over 4 million ...

He was helped by Iran, which had sent the battle-hardened Hezbollah militia, a group heavily reliant on Tehran, to join the ... Syria's second largest city. The advance quickly expanded and ...