(IS) TEHRAN MOVING?
The Iranian leadership decided to move a part of the
city’s population to other regions putting forth the population density and the
distorted urbanization of the capital Tehran. In a meeting participated by 400
district governors in the Ministry of Interior, measures aimed at dividing
Tehran into 12 district governorates and moved outside the city were reviewed.
“A part of the students in universities known to host protest demonstrations
will be sent outside Tehran and military factories will be removed outside the
city,” stated the First Deputy President. The Iranian Council of Ministers, on
the other hand, decided to move the headquarters of 326 public companies based
in Tehran.
The security vulnerabilities of Tehran against social
unrest has always occupied the agenda of the Iranian leadership. Meanwhile,
President Mahmood Ahmadinejad confused the people by saying last month
that “a hue earthquake might happen in Tehran”. As is known,
Ahmedinejad said that “5 million people need to leave the town.” The transfer of
archive documents and academic studies in the Tehran Al Zahra University out of
Tehran because of the dangers of the potential earthquake increased the related
concerns. Authorities state that more than 200 thousand employees will be posted
in towns outside Tehran and that the University of Tehran, which educates 30
thousand people, will be moved out of the city.
On the other hand, by the instructions of the Spiritual
Leader Khamaney, a Crisis Committee was formed to prepare for contingencies and
war. It has also been claimed that a possible military attack against Iran might
take place in the summer of 2010. Experts believe that the Iranian Leadership
has come up with the earthquake issue so as to gain time against increasing
external pressures and embargoes.
