Thousands of fighters linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paraded with heavy weapons and vehicles through the streets of Tehran on Friday, showing their readiness to face "threats".

The move echoes both Egypt, which is in the process of building a new capital city, and the lightning fall of Damascus in Syria.

Iran's once-youthful population is aging fast, fuelling economic fears as cash-strapped couples resist a government push for more children.Driven by rising life expectancy and dramatically declining birth rates,

An Iranian government spokesperson announced that the country is moving its capital city to the south by the coast, inciting both support and backlash.

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East. Its bad times are likely to get worse once President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with his policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran.

Last year was one to forget for Iran as the country’s clerical establishment suffered a series of setbacks at home and abroad. Analysts say without major shifts in policy, the new year will only worsen matters for a vulnerable Iran.

The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel.

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In a daring act of defiance at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, a woman confronted a cleric who harassed her for not wearing a hijab. The incident, captured on video, shows the woman removing the cleric's turban and using it to cover her own head.