Hossein Salami visited the missile city on Iran’s southern shores ... during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024. (credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA ...

Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.

Unlikely as it may sound, two spots in Tehran, Iran pay homage ... turbulent political happenings of Iran at the time, moved to rename Winston Churchill Street to Bobby Sands Street.

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 ...

Due to these problems, 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 ...