According to the Guardian, Iran International Television (Iranintl),Local time on 2 October.Iranian President PezzhiyanSpeaking during a visit to Hormuzgan province on the coast of the Persian Gulf in southern Iran.
He said Iran had no choice but to move the capital from Tehran to the south due to urban over-expansion, escalating water shortages and the growing threat of landslide.
On October 2, local time, Pezziyan delivered a speech at a conference in the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan.
Tehran, the capital of Iran, has a history of more than 200 years, with more than 16 million inhabitants and almost one-fifth of Iran’s population, and is the political and economic and cultural hub of Iran, with its vast population and rapid development posing major challenges to Tehran’s environment and infrastructure.
It is that since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the idea of migration has appeared on various occasions, but due to huge financial and logistical barriers, the proposals have been postponed.
Since reformist President Pezzhiyan took office last July, the Iranian government has repeatedly relocated the capital.Traffic congestion, water shortages, poor resource management, serious air pollution and landslide.
In January this year, government spokesman Fatima Muhajrani said that the authorities were studying the possibility of relocation and were "seriously considering the Makran area".
According to AFP, Iran is considering an extreme solution – moving the capital to a completely different location in the Gulf of Oman.
On July 24, Pezzhiyan said Iran could move the capital, and 15 million people in the capital Tehran could be forced to move away.
According to the news of Iran International Television quoted by the World Wide Web, although some presidents have put forward similar ideas before, Pezeshiziyan is the first Iranian president to regard moving the capital as an "inevitable choice".
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