Iran Transport News
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August 09,2022The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways says it has set a record in passenger transportation. A total of 9.6 million passengers were transported by railroad during the first four months of the... -
May 22,2022Domestic companies have developed 18 applications and services to help ease public transportation problems. While public transportation is time-consuming and inconvenient because of crowding, its...
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February 22,2022More than 7.5 million tons of foreign goods were transited through Iranian roads during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2021-Jan. 20), registering a 103% rise compared...
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December 20,2021Tehran Municipality will receive 8.3 trillion rials ($27.6 million) in the next fiscal year (starting March 2022) for streamlining the metropolis's public transportation, which is insufficient for...
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December 18,2021Financial constraints and US sanctions have beleaguered Iranian urban planners in recent years, such that attempts to renew the public transportation fleet became an uphill task. However, state-...
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November 08,2021Tehran Metro Company, the executive entity for the capital’s subway network, is in the red, owing the local banking system 370 trillion rials ($1.33 billion), while still needing funds to overhaul...
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October 16,2021Covid-19 concerns in public vehicles, decrepit transport fleet and increasing air pollution in Tehran have made it necessary to upgrade and expand the city's public transportation fleet. In a...
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October 02,2021The Economic Cooperation Organization’s Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) road transportation corridor has become operational. Two truck shipments reached Iran’s Mirjaveh border crossing in the...
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September 05,2021The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “Transportation” in the 12-month period ending Aug. 22, which marks the end of the fifth Iranian month of the fiscal 2021-22, increased by 61....
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September 03,2021By March 2022, 500 buses will join the fleet of the capital city Tehran, as part of efforts to improve the city's transportation system. According to Jafar Tashakkori, chairman of Tehran City...
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August 22,2021Around 34 trillion rials ($124 million) worth of banking facilities out of a total of 52.5 trillion rials ($192 million) requested so far been granted to companies and businesses active in the...
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August 09,2021The European countries may not allow the entry of Iran’s old trucks in the future, says an official with the Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization of Iran, affiliated with the Ministry...
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July 17,2021Iran’s public transport fleet comprises around 430,000 vehicles, including urban and intercity buses, minibuses and taxis, of which 80% have outlived their usefulness, the National Traffic Police...
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July 14,2021The Iranian government has provided loans totaling 34 trillion rials ($136 million) to transportation enterprises affected by the coronavirus pandemic as of May, an official with the Ministry of...
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June 21,2021Providing decent public transportation services is of high importance worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iran, a senior official says. Mehdi Jamalinejad, the head of Iran's...
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June 08,2021Seventy-two percent of bailouts requested by transportation companies (road, air, rail, and sea) hurt by the outbreak of coronavirus have been paid as of early June. According to Mohsen Sadeqi, an...
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March 06,2021Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February 2020, Tehran’s public transportation system has incurred an additional monthly expense of over 1 trillion rials ($3.97 million)...
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February 15,2021Seven stations in Tehran’s subway network will become operational next month, the head of Tehran Metro Company said. Visiting subway construction sites on Saturday, Ali Emam added that after the...
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February 13,2021The scheme to streamline Iran’s public transportation will be launched soon, based on a deal to overhaul age-old buses and taxis in metropolises, a deputy interior minister said. During a press...
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January 30,2021The Iranian government has paid loans worth 28.9 trillion rials ($120 million) to transportation companies hurt by the coronavirus as of Jan. 19, an official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban...
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January 09,2021Tehran Municipality plans to spend 5 trillion rials ($19.53 million) on new buses to bolster the aging public transportation fleet in the capital. Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of Tehran Bus Company,...
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December 13,2020Tehran Bus Company and the Industries Ministry have reached an agreement to restore 1,000 dilapidated urban buses under a long-term scheme. Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of TBC, told reporters that the...
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December 05,2020The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “transportation” in the 12-month period ending Nov. 20, which marks the end of the eighth Iranian month, increased by 63.7% compared with the...
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December 05,2020The share of Iran’s railroads in land transit reached 30% during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), showing a 220% increase compared with last year, according to the...
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December 01,2020A total of 4.95 million passengers travelled via railroad during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21), which shows a 67.5% decline compared with the similar period...
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