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Deputy Transport Minister Ali Abedzadeh said Iran and France have agreed to jointly launch aviation training schemes in Iran, including pilot and personnel training programs.

The Veresk bridge, located in Veresk district of Savadkuh County in Mazandaran province, was mostly constructed by Austrians before World War II, under the leadership of an engineer named Walter Aigner.

The first Air France plane has landed in the capital, Tehran, after a hiatus of eight years.

An Italian official said his country is to make four billion euros of investment in the Iranian railway sector.

Iran and Panama have reached agreement on Iranian tanker ships crossing the Panama Canal and to register vessels under Panamanian flag.

The RMTO managing director has announced the final agreement for the creation of a Persian Gulf-Black Sea transport corridor.

US plane maker Boeing has proposed to sell new models of its 737, 777 and 787 aircraft to Iran and promised after-sales support, a top Iranian aviation official says. - See more at: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1807385#sthash.VJnhI2vQ.dpuf

Iran is going to hold a gathering to explore dimensions of high-speed train technology in the country.

UK is ready to help development of Iran airport and aviation industry, British Minister of State at the Department of Transport Robert Goodwill said on Sunday.

An Afghan official said here on Sunday that the port of Chabahar in this southeastern province is the best route for export of Iranian goods to Afghanistan.

Iranian embassy in Russia rejected a recent report by Russia media on Tehran’s cooperation with Moscow on the construction of a major canal linking Caspian Sea, north of Iran, to Persian Gulf, south of the country.

An Iranian oil tanker has called at an African port for the first time since the removal of US-led sanctions on Tehran's nuclear program, an official said.

Saudi Arabia has withdrawn licenses given to Iran's Mahan Air to land in the Persian Gulf kingdom or fly in its airspace over ‘safety’ claims.

During the past eleven months, 286,904 flights have been registered as passing through Iranian airspace, which is 41,000 more than during the same period the year before.

Iran’s media said on Thursday that an agreement has been signed with Britain that would allow the country’s flag carrier airline British Airways to resume flights to Iran after a hiatus of six years.

Germany's Lufthansa aviation giant is set to establish a repair and maintenance service unit in Iran. The company is reported to have sealed a deal with Iran Air to the same effect which also envisages cooperation in several other key areas.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Switzerland signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on expansion of shipping and sea transport cooperation.

Boeing said Friday it received the green light from the Obama administration to study the commercial airplane market in Iran as it eyes opportunity following the lifting of nuclear sanctions against the country.

An Airbus executive urged European banks to overcome their wariness about financing export projects to Iran because of US sanctions, highlighting difficulties European companies face in their rush to Tehran.

The first direct train connecting China and Iran, which had departed from the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province, has arrived in Iran’s capital....

Iran’s national airline, Iran Air, finalized a contract with ATR aircraft manufacturer on Monday to purchase 20 turboprops.

A regional official of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said Iran's safe airspace has encouraged foreign airlines to seek passage through Iran’s flying zone.

Farhad Parvaresh, Chairman and Managing Director of Iran Air, referred to the resumption of refueling at airports in Western Europe following the lifting of international sanctions.

Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhondi on Sunday said Iran and the United States are in talks for launching direct flights between the two countries in the wake of the recent removal of anti-Iran sanctions.

Iran seeks to buy more than 100 aircraft from US aircraft maker Boeing as part of a plan to renovate its commercial aviation fleet, an official says.