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Iran’s deputy minister for roads and urban development says Russia, China, and India have sought investment opportunities in an Iranian transit network that, once completed, would be part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC).
Iran’s national airline plans to increase flights to Europe in the current Iranian year (starting on March 21), head of Civil Aviation Organization Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh said on Saturday.
Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Qassemi has travelled to Russia to discuss the enhancement of bilateral relations in the area of transportation.
A commercial aircraft carrying 161 passengers from the Turkish city of Istanbul to Iran’s northwestern Tabriz City had to reroute to another destination due to strong winds in the Iranian city.
An Iranian passenger plane en route from the Persian Gulf Island of Kish to the capital, Tehran, made an emergency landing halfway due to a technical fault in the aircraft’s fuel delivery system.
Iranian automaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has unveiled its first electric bus, the most powerful vehicle of its type to have been developed domestically.
The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan says the memorandum of understanding to build a road linking the Nakhjavan region to the western parts of Azerbaijan through Iranian soil is a manifestation of friendly ties.
The Public Relations Office of the Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines "Homa" has announced the resumption of its international flights to Baku from March 7 (Monday).
Iran has sent a second emergency flight to Romania to bring home the Iranian students and other citizens who have arrived from Ukraine, which has been the scene of a full-blown Russian military operation for over a week.
The head of Iran’s Aviation Organization has said the country is ready to send a passenger plane to Poland to return Iranian nationals from Ukraine. Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh said officials are awaiting a permit to do so.
Iran’s minister of roads and urban development says his visit to Qatar will focus on negotiations to launch regular shipping lines between port cities of the two countries and an agreement to allow Qatar Airways better access to Iran’s airspace.
The Head of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company says negotiations are underway with China and Russia for the construction of new airports and supply of parts and systems needed in the aviation sector.
Iran’s Roads and Urban Development Minister Rostam Qassemi on Monday left Tehran for Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to discuss further mutual cooperation.
Mayor of Tehran Alireza Zakani has held talks with Thailand’s ambassador to Iran Worawoot Pongprapapant on cooperation between the two countries on urban services.
The Iranian Roads and Urban Development’s report on nine-month rail transit indicates that the sector has recorded the highest increase over the past 10 years.