our next story is about Iran the country is looking for a new capital president masud pesan has been talking about this for months now and now his official spokesperson has confirmed it Iran's regime is looking to relocate it wants to leave thran and make its way to the sunny coast of makran but is this even feasible does Iran have the resources to move its capital and what makes macaran so special our next report report has details thean is the current capital of Iran it is Iran's most important city by far tan is around four times the size of Iran's Second City mashad the capital and its surrounding region are home to about 20% of Iran's population and 30% of Iran's GDP it's the definition of a primate City disproportionately larger and more important than any other but there's always a problem with putting all your eggs in one basket if the basket breaks you're in big trouble thean is a basket that is breaking it is bursting at the seams because of overpopulation the water supply there is stretched to the brink thean reportedly consumes 25% of Iran's drinking water and there are frequent water shortages there Industries and heavy traffic are taking a toll on the air quality choking working the city every winter thean also lies on major fault lines it is prone to earthquakes a big one could kill millions of people and Destroy Iran's already fragile economy so president mud pesan has come up with a plan he wants to move the capital Iran has considered moving capitals before it has commissioned at least six feasibility studies since 1989 Iran's parliament passed a law in 2014 mandating that the government take relocation seriously former presidents Mahmud ahmedin Asad and Hassan Rohani both considered the idea as well but despite all this the needle hasn't really moved even the current government spokesperson says there's no hurry we are seeking assistance from academics Elites and experts in this field including engineering sociology or economics it is definitely in the m region in the South hopefully we can proceed in the most effective Direction although the matter is not urgent Iran is taking it slow but it seems to have identified the new capital region the makran coast mcran is an arid Coastal belt split between Iran and Pakistan it isn't the first place you would think of for a new capital but Iran has a plan makran is being considered in fact the region of makran and of course two councils have been formed one is a council that is assessing the problems of the capital and two a council that is working on the sea oriented economy and one of its assignments is working on the measurements required for makran area Iran wants its new capital to be Coastal it wants to take advantage of the trade possibilities and cuton transportation costs pesan said and I quote transporting raw materials from the south to the Cent processing them and then returning them South for export drains our competitive capacity we must shift the country's economic and political Center to the South and closer to the sea that is why they have zeroed in on mcran it fits all the required criteria but is this plan realistic moving capitals is rare but it has been done before turkey moved its capital from Istanbul to Ankara in the 1920s Brazil moved it from rition Arrow to Brazilia the old capitals remain economic power centers but the new administrative capitals are successful in their own right they help relieve some of the pressure from the bigger cities the problem with Iran's plan is in functionality it is finances the country is reeling from Western sanctions it has an abundance of resources but hardly anyone to trade with because the West has hammered Iran's economy Iran's exports may become more competitive with the coast Capital it may be able to reduce costs and offer terms that potential Partners can't refuse but how will Iran afford to set up a new capital in the first place money is the biggest hurdle for Iran right now so while PES kean's plan might be great in the long run he might not have the funds to begin the journey from breaking news to the day's biggest controversies shedding light on the world's top headlines detailed analysis on the stories that matter the most to you catch it all on Spotlight