Iran: 13 Satellite Towns in the Making

With the planned construction of 13 towns by New Towns Development Company, the number of Iran's satellite towns will reach 30. 
The new satellite towns will be Tis in Sistan-Baluchestan Province with a population ceiling of 150,000, Siraf and Pars in Bushehr with 120,000 and 60,000 respectively, Houra in Hamedan with 120,000, Amirkabir in Markazi with 100,000, Kharazmi in Tehran with 35,000, Tabnak in Fars with 60,000, Koushak and Mokran in Hormozgan with 120,000 and 200,000 respectively, Samangan in Kerman with 100,000, Sanandaj in Kurdestan with 50,000, Eyvanaki in Semnan with 50,000 and Shahryar in East Azarbaijan with 170,000. 
Currently, a total of 17 satellite towns have been established in 11 Iranian provinces.