Possible Clues:

• W.W. II conference site
• Mehrabad International Airport site
• Mideastern capital
• Capital took off after the revolution
• Hear shift in bible coming back over in Asian capital
• Capital city getting hit -- what river floods it?
• Capital worried merchant losing money and a bit of custom
• 'Argo' setting
• Middle Eastern site of women's protests in 2022
• Capital city where the novel published