TEHRAN – Rail freight exchanges between Iran and Afghanistan increased 17-fold from the start of the current Iranian year through February 24 compared with the same period last year, a senio... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Iran plans a major railway in its northwest to close the gap in a second rail corridor between China and Europe, according to Iranian transportation minister Farzaneh... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – A senior Iranian railway company (IRIR) official says the country has added 300 new wagons to its railway fleet using resources generated through oil barter arrangemen... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadeq says Iran and Russia are to sign a long-anticipated agreement on the construction of the Rasht-Astara rai... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Iran and Russia have signed an agreement to share data on their railway locomotive fleet, including data on navigation. Source: I S N A Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Iran has awarded a contract to a Chinese company to electrify its east-west railway amid plans to increase freight transit from China to other countries via the Irania... Read more
TEHRAN – Iran and Tajikistan have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance bilateral rail transport, enabling the use of Iranian freight wagons on Tajikistan’s railway net... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Iran and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand cooperation in railway transit, as First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref visited the Central... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Tehran (R) says Iran’s rail corridor is the safest and closest route to transport freight to high seas. Tehran, IRNA – Kazakhstan’s am... Read more
ECONOMIC IDEAL – Tehran, IRNA – The head of the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran says that the country and the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have reac... Read more
