“…In Iran, transpression deformation zones have been identified in different parts of the Zagros simply folded belt (Navabpour et al, 2007), high Zagros (Agard et al, 2011;, Sanandaj-Sirjan zone and Urumieh-Dokhtar Magmatic Belt (Amirihanza et al, 2018;Mirzaie et al, 2015;Mohajjel and Fergusson 2014;Mohajjel et al, 2003;Mohajjel and Fergusson 2000;Sarkarinejad 2007;Sarkarinejad and Azizi 2008;Shafiei Bafti and Mohajjel 2015;Sarkarinejad et al, 2015;Keshavarz and Faghih, 2020), Alborz (Nabavi et al, 2017), Binalud (Sheikholeslami et al, 2019). In the east of central Iran N-S to NE-SW dextral transpression have been recognized along the boundary between the Lut and Tabas blocks (Cifelli et al, 2013).…”