transportation
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Iran will use ECO summit to cement its role in regional transit: Official
ECO transport ministers will meet on June 12 in Tehran to review the latest state of affairs in the transit and transport sector and the challenges ahead within the bloc.
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Iranian minister visits Turkiye for talks on economic cooperation
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh is in Turkiye to hold talks with senior officials and review the previously signed agreements between the two countries.
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Iran, Russia agree to boost transport cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development has announced about reaching agreements on road, rail and air cooperation between with Russia and enhance it further during the event in Moscow dubbed “Transport week 2024.”
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Minister calls for expanding Iran-Turkiye transport cooperation
Tehran, IRNA — The Iranian minister of roads and urban development described Iran and Turkiye as major players in the West Asia region, emphasizing both countries’ roles in facilitating goods and energy transit between East and West.
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Japan envoy calls for further development of ties with Iran
Tehran, IRNA – Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Tamaki Tsukada has called for development of cooperation with Iran, while referring to the existence of good grounds for deepening bilateral relations in various areas.
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Russian ambassador, Iran top rail official discuss bilateral cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Russia’s ambassador to Tehran and Iran’s top rail official have explored ways of transport cooperation between the two countries, emphasizing the importance of boosting that cooperation, especially in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
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Iran exports first freight from Caspian Port via sea-rail combined transport
Tehran, IRNA — The first cargo using sea-rail combined transport has been exported from Caspian Port to the Caspian Sea littoral countries.
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Iran suggests transportation-related proposals to BRICS
Moscow, IRNA – Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mehrdad Bazrpash suggested Tehran’s proposals in the first meeting of the transport ministers of member states of the BRICS group to enhance cooperation in the field of transportation and logistics.
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Iran, Ghana sign document on air transport cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Iran and Ghana have signed a document on cooperation in the field of air transportation.
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Jordan premier rules out reports on assisting Israeli regime
Tehran, IRNA – Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh dismissed all accusations regarding Jordan’s role in providing the Israeli regime with a land or maritime path to circumvent the Yemeni armed forces' blockade in the Red Sea.
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Iran to expand cooperation with ESCAP Transport Committee
Tehran, IRNA – An official in Iran's Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) says that the organization will develop its cooperation with ESCAP Transport Committee in the future.
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Iran, Mongolia discuss transportation cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to China Mohsen Bakhtiar has said that he and the Mongolian minister of road and transportation discussed cooperation between their countries in the transportation sector.
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The 7th International Expo of Transportation, Logistics and Related Industries
Mehrdad Bazrpash, minister of roads and urban development and Ruhollah Dehghani Firouz Abadi Vice President of Iran in the field of Science, attends on the international exhibition of transportation and related industry started its work with slogan of " smart transportation and Economic development at "Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran on 18 December,2023
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Some 7,000 EV charging stations to be launched in Tehran
Tehran, IRNA –Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani has announced that some 7,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be launched in the city within the next couple of years.
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Iran, Afghanistan to expand transport cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has held talks with Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport of Afghanistan’s ruling group of Taliban Hamidullah Akhundzada on expansion of cooperation in the area of transportation.
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Iran, Russia discuss transportation cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – Senior officials from Iran and Russia have explored ways for more enhanced cooperation between the two countries on infrastructure and transportation areas.
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Iran Rail Expo 2023 opens in Tehran
Tehran, IRNA – The 10th International Exhibition of Rail Transportation & Related Industries, known as the Iran Rail Expo, has kicked off in the Iranian capital.
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Iran to compensate investors in electric public transport projects
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Oil Minister, Javad Owji, has announced that the government will be compensating investors in electric public transport projects.
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Transit via Iran up by 33% y/y in Mar-July: Ministry
Tehran, IRNA – Transit of goods via Iran from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) to July 22 has reached 4,6 million tons (mt), an increase of 33%, according to figures by the Iranian transportation ministry.
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Iran, Russia discuss plans to increase transit via Caspian Sea
Tehran, IRNA – Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazarpash and Russian President Aide Igor Levitin have discussed plans to increase the volume of cargo transit via the Caspian Sea and through the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
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Iran's domestic production of freight cars grows 50%
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Road and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash said on Thursday that domestic production of freight cars during the last Iranian year (ending on March 20, 2023) increased 50 percent compared with a year earlier.
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UAE welcomes Iran's effort to develop transit cooperation
Tehran, IRNA – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador to Tehran Saif Mohamed Obaid Al-Zaabi has said that his country welcomes Iran’s attitude to expansion of transit cooperation with the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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Iran dispatches 4th ship to Venezuela
Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line Group (IRISL) has sent the first ship carrying Iran-made export goods to Venezuela, which is also the fourth ship from the Islamic Republic to the destination of the Latin American country.
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Iran seeking to increase activity in key northern port
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian authorities are planning to increase activity in a major northern port on the Caspian Sea coast amid efforts to boost trade ties with Russia through the INSTC, an international corridor that passes through Iran.
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Iran can play a key role in international trade: Chinese expert
Tehran, IRNA – A Chinese Middle East expert said that Iran can still play a prominent role as an international trade channel, as land and sea transportation will remain the most important means of international commodity circulation for the foreseeable future.
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Iran, Russia agree on transit of 10m tons of goods
Tehran, IRNA – Iran and Russia agreed in a meeting in Moscow on the details of transiting 10 million tons of Russian goods through Iran’s north-south corridor.
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Iranian ports have great capacity for goods transit: Official
Tehran, IRNA - Deputy Head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Jalil Eslami said that transit of goods through Iran will lead to a significant reduction in costs for the country which transits, that is why Iranian ports have a great capacity for transit of goods.
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Records of Iran's road freight transit promise good performance ahead
Tehran, IRNA – Road freight transit through the territory of Islamic republic of Iran has demonstrated a major increase in the last year with the freight transit reaching 9.3 million tons, the official website of Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade reported.
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Iran, Nakhchivan expand cooperation in air transportation
Baku, IRNA – Iran’s Consul-General Ahmad Hosseini and Director of Nakhchivan International Airport Mənşur Gül Məhəmmədli met on Wednesday to explore ways to expand air transportation cooperation.
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Iran, Russia agree on direct multimodal transit
Tehran, IRNA - Iran and Russia are going to have direct multimodal transit from the Caspian Port to Astarakhan SEZ Lotus in order to develop and strengthen regional transport and economic cooperation, Iran's Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (RUD) said.