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[text/observer.com xiong chaoran] according to a report by iran's fars news agency on september 7 local time, iranian president pezhichyan said that day that iran's political and economic center should be moved south to the coast of the persian gulf, closer to the main trade routes. the report quoted him as saying: "tehran, as the capital of the country, faces various problems. we have no other solution except moving the capital."

"it is impossible to develop the country according to the current trend. if we want to continue to transport resources from the south and the sea to tehran, turn them into goods and then ship them back to the south for export, this will increasingly reduce our competitiveness." he stressed that there are also economic reasons for finding a new capital closer to the persian gulf, as the main trade routes must pass through the persian gulf.

another iranian news website, javan online, quoted pezehiziyan as saying that he believed tehran was currently plagued by various problems such as "water shortages, ground subsidence and air pollution". simply telling residents "they should leave tehran" would not work. "the government must leave first, so that the people will follow us."

russia today (rt) reported that gholamhossein karbaschi, who served as mayor of tehran in the 1990s, objected to pezeshiziyan's idea, saying there was no suitable place to replace tehran.

"where do you want to relocate?" he warned in an interview with iranian news website asriran, saying that other countries had decided to move their capitals before, but they ended up losing money and getting two "problem cities" instead of one.

tehran has been the capital of iran since 1796 and is located in the north of the country, about 100 kilometers from the caspian sea. the city has a population of 9.4 million, including nearly 17 million in the metropolitan area, which makes tehran the largest city in iran and even in west asia, and the second largest metropolitan area in the middle east after cairo.

in the long course of history, the ancient country of iran has gone through many dynasties, and its capital has changed with the times. today, tehran is the 32nd capital in iranian history.

iran's plan to move its capital has been mentioned many times for a long time. in 2010, the iranian government announced that it would move the capital "for security and administrative reasons". the iranian parliament has already made a decision on this, with isfahan, shahrud and semnan being candidate cities for the future capital.

in addition, tehran's climate is largely affected by its geographical location, with the alborz mountains to the north and the great desert to the south. in order to avoid potential damage caused by earthquakes, iran has formulated a plan to relocate 163 state-owned enterprises and some universities from the capital. the government believes that at least 5 million people should be relocated from tehran. the iranian government is also moving some defense companies out of tehran.

rt also stated that this is not the first time that the iranian government has suggested moving the capital out of tehran. mahmoud ahmadi-nejad also made a similar suggestion during his presidency from 2005 to 2013. at that time, the iranian parliament voted to set up a special committee to find a replacement capital. however, the final decision to move the capital has not been made.

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