Makran is a largely undeveloped coastal area on the Gulf of Oman, stretching across Iran’s southern, impoverished Sistan-Baluchistan province and part of neighbouring Hormozgan province.

Chabahar, Iran’s southernmost port on the Makran coast, connects India with Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the “Lost Paradise” of Makran must transform into the future economic hub of Iran and the region. Addressing the 8th Indian Ocean Conference which ...

Russian, Chinese and Iranian naval ships are drilling together in the Gulf of Oman as part of an annual exercise. Meanwhile ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Tehran, Feb 27 (IANS) Iran's armed forces received a new domestically built warship and several pieces of homegrown military hardware in two separate ceremonies on Thursday ...

Iran is exploring the possibility of moving its capital from Tehran to the Makran region on the Gulf of Oman, as Tehran grapples with a host of urban challenges. While the idea has surfaced ...

Tehran (AFP) – Faced with myriad problems including gridlocked traffic and a sinking earth surface in its current capital, Iran is considering a drastic solution -- moving it to an altogether ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has inaugurated its first drone-carrier warship, saying the vessel is capable of operating in oceans far from its mainland, the official IRNA news agency reported Thursday.

The Iranian Navy’s 86th flotilla, comprising the Dena destroyer and the Makran forward base ship, left Iran's Southern port city of Bandar Abbas in September 2022 and returned home in May 2023 ...