International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC)

A railroad connecting Rasht and Astara in Iran, which should become part of the International North-South Transportation Corridor, will be built by the end of 2027, Russian First Deputy Prime…

Since 2002, Iran, Russia and India have worked intermittently on a new transportation system by rail, road and sea — running 4,500 miles through at least six Eurasian countries and benefitting…

Iran and Russia have signed an agreement to complete the construction of the missing rail link along the International North-South Transportation Corridor.

A second transit train from Russia has arrived in Iran across the northeastern Sarakhs rail border, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways announced. “The train with 37 wagons is…

The first transit shipment under eTIR carnet (TIR Convention) has been successfully accomplished along the International North-South Transportation Corridor, an Iranian customs official has…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line Group has set a record in shipment of goods along the International North-South Transportation Corridor. IRISL moved 27,500 TEUs weighing 337,000 tons…

A Russian delegation of railroad officials met with the head of the Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company of Iran, Kheirollah Khademi, in Tehran on Monday to…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines has transported 3,000 tons of goods and 114 TEUs of containers along the International North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) from May 22 to July…

A train carrying Russian goods to India crossed into Iran from Sarakhs Border with Turkmenistan late Monday.  This is the first consignment dispatched from Russia to India via Iran on the…

Iran and Russia have agreed to transit 10 million tons of goods along the International North-South Transit Corridor. The agreement was made during a meeting of the two sides’ transportation…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines has started piloting the multimodal cargo transit along the International North-South Transportation Corridor carrying goods from Russia to India,…

Azerbaijan and Iran carry out rail, road and sea trade through Astara - the most important border checkpoint between the two countries, Spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs…

The first container train sent from Helsinki (Finland) to the Indian port of Nava Sheva arrived in Iran via Astara border, IRIB News reported on Wednesday.

Russia and India can bolster mutual trade by overcoming their geographical distance by taking a route that takes advantage of Iran's strategic coastlines, a university professor wrote in a…

Iran’s trade with Azerbaijan totaled $422.68 million during January-October 2019 to register a 30.7% growth compared with the corresponding period of 2018. Iran’s exports to Azerbaijan stood at…

Iranian traders, industrial companies and exporters of engineering and technical services are ready to cooperate in the development projects of the member states of the Conference on Interaction…

The long-awaited Qazvin-Rasht railroad project was officially inaugurated by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday in the northern city of Rasht, Gilan Province.

A train…

The railroad linking the two Iranian cities of Qazvin and Rasht is expected to be inaugurated today (March 6) in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani.

The Seventh International North-South Transport Corridor's Coordination Council Meeting and the eighth meeting of Expert Groups convened in Tehran on Monday. 

The 7th Coordination Committee Forum and 8th Specialists’ Forum of the International North-South Transport Corridor is scheduled to be held on March 4 and 5 in Tehran’s Parsian Evin Hotel.

The new railroad connecting the two Iranian provinces of Qazvin and Gilan was tested on Thursday.  The maiden journey started from the city of Siah Cheshmeh and ended in Rasht, the capital…

India, Russia and Iran will hold a trilateral meeting on the International North-South Transport Corridor on November 23 to make the 7,200-km ship, road and rail route operational soon, an…

Track laying of Qazvin-Rasht Railroad will be completed within a month and the rail route will be ready to come on stream by the end of the current Iranian fiscal year on March 20, 2019.

Participants in the International North-South Transport Corridor Friendship Motor Rally are to be welcomed in Tehran on Tuesday by Iranian officials along with the Russian, Azeri and Indian…

Drivers from Iran, India, Russia and Azerbaijan will participate in the International North-South Transport Corridor Friendship Motor Rally to help promote the corridor to their respective…