January 14, 2026
The Iranian Pocosin and Pakistan’s options
Iran is the country with vast area occupying 1.65 million sq km with swath of uninhibited land with a low population density of (around 57 people/km²). 74% of the 90 million population is inhibiting in10 of the largest cities. The urbanization and population biased is towards west and north western parts of Iran and so is the major Tethiyan belt of Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA). A major part of the Tethyan belt, hosting significant porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits like Sar Cheshmeh and Sungun, and epithermal gold deposits are located here. On the other hand, all of the major oil deposits in
