Iran Transport News

The Planning and Resources Management Department of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has released new data on the volume of cargo and passenger traffic via three modes of…

A total of 10.4 million tons of foreign goods were transited through Iran from the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21 to Dec. 21, according to Mohammad Rezvanifar, director…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways says it has set a record in passenger transportation.

Domestic companies have developed 18 applications and services to help ease public transportation problems.

More 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…

Tehran 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…

Financial 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…

Tehran 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…

Covid-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…

The 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…

The 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…

By 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…

Around 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…

The 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…

Iran’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…

The 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…

Providing decent public transportation services is of high importance worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iran, a senior official says. 

Seventy-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.

Following 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…

Seven 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 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.

The 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…

Tehran Municipality plans to spend 5 trillion rials ($19.53 million) on new buses to bolster the aging public transportation fleet in the capital.

Tehran 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 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…