A senior official in Iran’s transportation ministry says the country is building some 2,800 kilometers of new railways.
Senior officials from Iran and Russia have explored ways for completion of transportation corridors between the two countries, including the International North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC).
Iran and Turkmenistan have signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in energy and transportation, capitalizing on their strategic regional positions.
Iran has set an ambitious target to increase cargo transit along the eastern branch of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) by threefold in 2024, aiming to reach two million tons.
An official at Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said 16 million tons of goods were transited through Iran’s railway network and roads in the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023 to March 20, 2024).
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari has said that Iran has reached good railway agreements with Central Asian countries during the current administration.
Foreign transit through Iran has reached as much as 7.6 million tons in the four calendar months to July 21, marking a 58.5% increase year-on-year, according to customs data.
The Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan announced that Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed the development roadmap of the eastern route of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) for 2024-2025.
The first Chinese transit train will leave Iran for China, according to the spokesperson for the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
A Chinese transit train will enter Iran from Incheh Borun Crossing after crossing Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, the Iranian ambassador to China said.