Pezeshkian Briefs Supreme Leader Khamenei on Need to Relocate Capital Tehran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has formally informed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about the need to relocate the nation’s capital from Tehran to a location nearer to the Persian Gulf coast.

"I also told the leader of the revolution that we must shift the capital toward the Persian Gulf. Nowadays, we don’t have an alternative anymore. We are compelled to do so, if things remain the same, we will face difficulties," the president said, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

Pezeshkian stressed that Tehran has diminishing water resources every day and the problem of soil subsidence is serious - in some districts of the capital it has reached 30 centimeters.

On September 7 of last year, the Iranian president reiterated the need to move the capital of the Islamic republic from Tehran to the Persian Gulf coast. The head of state emphasized that Tehran is currently experiencing challenges which cannot be resolved in any other way.