Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, has highlighted the strategic importance of modernizing the country’s transport infrastructure to secure sustainable national revenues through transit. During the 16th National Conference and Exhibition on Bitumen, Asphalt, and Machinery, Sadegh emphasized the need to integrate knowledge-based capacities to enhance the quality and efficiency of Iran’s [...]

Iran's railway sector witnessed a remarkable 47% increase in rail transit during the first five months of 1403 compared to the same period last year, highlighting the country's efforts to enhance its transportation infrastructure and economic exchanges. According to recently published data, Iran's rail sector transported 773,000 tons of goods in this period, up from [...]

Iran's road transport sector has seen a significant 73% increase in freight transit in the first five months of 1403, highlighting a substantial boost in economic activity and trade. Iran has experienced a significant 73% increase in road freight transit in the first five months of 1403, with the total volume reaching 7.8 million tons, [...]

Iran's ports handled over 10.6 million tons of essential goods in the first half of 1403, marking a 10% increase compared to the same period last year. In the first half of the Iranian year 1403, Iranian ports witnessed the unloading of 10.6 million tons of essential goods, reflecting a 10% increase compared to the [...]

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized the importance of establishing an interconnected network of communication routes between Iran and neighboring countries, stressing that these links should be grounded in secure, economic, and political preparations. Speaking at a recent government delegation meeting, Pezeshkian called for urgent action to strengthen regional connectivity, with a particular focus on [...]

The upward trend for transit through Iran's territory beat the record of 17.8 million tons in 2023. Transit through Iran's territory has been 17.8 million tons in 2023, informed Mehrdad Bazrpash, the Minister of Roads and Urban Development. The upward trend continues in 2024 with 57 percent growth in transit records. In 2022, the [...]

Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) and the National Investments Agency of Kyrgyzstan approved an MoU for development of the southern ports of Iran.  Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) and the National Investments Agency under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic approved an MoU for port development during an online meeting, Kazem Salehi, the [...]

Based on the performance report of the PMO since August 2021 which was presented in a press conference today, both the sea trade and transit are recording 10 and 49 percent growth respectively in 2024 compared to the same period in the last year.  Upon the end of the 13th Government in Iran, Iran's [...]

Iran and Uzbekistan held the first joint task force on transport and transit cooperation in Tashkent. The first meeting of the joint task force on transport and transit cooperation between Iran and Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent with the aim of identifying and removing barriers facing transport and transit of freights between the two countries. [...]

During the meeting of BRICS ministers of transport in Russia which was held on June 6, 2024, Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development attended the meeting as the official member of the BRICS and announced Iran's full support for BRICS to promote international transit and trade. The first meeting of BRICS ministers of transport [...]