Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh

2026-02-24 14:43

Iran, Azerbaijan sign economic co-op document covering 10 sectors

TEHRAN – Iran and Azerbaijan signed a cooperation document outlining joint economic initiatives across 10 sectors, including transport, energy, electricity and water, the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development said.

2026-02-23 15:43

Iran–Azerbaijan joint Economic Committee meeting opens in Baku

TEHRAN – The seventeenth meeting of the Iran–Azerbaijan Joint Economic Committee opened in Baku on Monday, focusing on transport links, border infrastructure and broader economic and cultural ties.

2026-02-13 15:10

Iran says Uzbek truck traffic surges 117% in 2025 after tariff removal deal

TEHRAN – Traffic by Uzbek transport fleets to Iran rose 117 percent in 2025 from a year earlier, while Iranian fleet traffic to Uzbekistan increased 18 percent, Iran’s transport and urban development minister said, citing a bilateral roadmap and the mutual removal of a $400 fee.

2026-02-07 15:52

14 road projects inaugurated in Fars, boosting southern transport corridors

TEHRAN – Fourteen road construction projects were inaugurated simultaneously in Iran’s Fars province during the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations, aiming to accelerate development of southern transport corridors, state media reported.

2025-12-27 14:17

PMO signs $400m deals with private sector, minister says

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has signed new contracts and memoranda of understanding with the private sector worth more than 200 trillion rials ($400 million), the minister of Transport and Urban Development said.

2025-12-21 16:00

Iran prioritizes transport corridors in bid to reclaim transit hub role

TEHRAN – Iran has placed the development of transport corridors at the top of its infrastructure agenda, with a renewed push to deepen cooperation with neighboring countries, the transport minister said on Saturday.

2025-12-20 15:35

Transport Ministry unveils upgraded road maintenance fleet as renewal accelerates

TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry has unveiled part of a renewed national road maintenance fleet at a ceremony attended by the transport minister, highlighting efforts to modernize equipment and strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to road emergencies.

2025-12-14 15:57

Tehran hosting intl. transport, logistics exhibition

TEHRAN – The ninth International Exhibition of Transport, Logistics and Related Industries opened in Tehran on Sunday, bringing together private companies, investors and technology firms as the government seeks to strengthen the country’s role in regional transit corridors through productivity gains and smart solutions.

2025-12-06 13:24

Iran sees greater potential for trade expansion with UAE

TEHRAN – Iran’s transport and urban development minister said the country’s commercial ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have room to expand well beyond their current level, citing deep historical, geographic and cultural links between the two neighbors.

2025-11-19 18:53

Tehran, Beijing outline housing cooperation roadmap ahead of planned MOU

TEHRAN – Iran’s Transport and Urban Development Ministry said officials from Tehran and Beijing have begun drafting a housing and construction cooperation roadmap that is expected to form the basis of a bilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be signed during the Iranian president’s upcoming visit to China.

2025-11-18 16:07

Iran positions itself as central bridge for China–Europe rail corridor

TEHRAN – Iran’s transport minister said progress on the strategic Marand–Cheshmeh-Soraya railway is accelerating, paving the way for a continuous China–Europe rail route that would place Iran at the heart of a major new transit corridor.

2025-10-25 16:22

Iran, Pakistan, Turkey to relaunch container train service in December

TEHRAN – Iran and Pakistan have agreed to resume operations of the Islamabad–Tehran–Istanbul (ITI) container train in December, as part of a broader plan to boost rail connectivity and trade between the two neighbors.

2025-10-14 16:20

Iran, Russia , Azerbaijan finalize roadmap to boost transit to 15m tons

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, announced that Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan have finalized a comprehensive roadmap to increase the volume of goods transiting among the three nations to 15 million tons annually. The plan, she said, marks a major milestone in efforts to strengthen regional connectivity through the International North–South Transit Corridor (INSTC).

2025-10-13 17:06

INSTC seen as a path to greater regional integration, Iran’s transport minister says

TEHRAN – Iranian Minister of Transport and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh highlighted the International North–South Transit Corridor (INSTC) as a key driver of regional cooperation between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia, calling it a platform for deeper connectivity in transport, transit, and energy.

2025-10-05 14:22

Over 280 domestically manufactured, rebuilt rail units added to national fleet

TEHRAN – Iran inaugurated 17 rail infrastructure projects and added 283 domestically manufactured and rebuilt rolling stock units to its railway fleet in a ceremony held via video conference with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Transport Minister Farzaneh Sadegh.

2025-09-23 16:13

Iran, Azerbaijan push for stronger economic ties

TEHRAN – Iran and Azerbaijan pledged to expand economic and trade cooperation during a meeting of the countries’ joint economic committee in Tehran.

2025-09-20 15:32

Iran-Pakistan economic convergence; a new opportunity under shadow of joint committee: minister

TEHRAN – Following the 22nd Iran-Pakistan Joint Economic Committee meeting in Tehran (September 15-16), co-chaired by Iran’s Minister of Transport and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, and Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Commerce, Jam Kamal Khan, Minister Sadegh published an article on the ministry's news portal. Below is a translation of her piece.

2025-08-06 15:49

Iran, Kazakhstan pledge closer transport ties via INSTC

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Transport and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh and Kazakhstan’s Minister of Transport Nurlan Sauranbayev have agreed to strengthen transportation cooperation and jointly draft a roadmap focused on boosting transit through the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC).

2025-07-01 14:20

Rebuilding areas damaged by Israeli aggression a priority of transport, urban development ministry

TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Transport and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh emphasized that rebuilding areas damaged by the Israeli aggression is one of the priorities of her ministry.

2025-06-24 13:23

Transport minister urges integration of civil defense in city master plans

TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Transport and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh has called for city master plans to incorporate passive defense principles, including revised construction standards for high-rise buildings to ensure greater public safety.

2025-06-22 13:42

Urban development minister orders expediting reconstruction of damaged residential units

TEHRAN- Iran’s transport and urban development minister ordered expediting the reconstruction of the residential units damaged in the current war.

2025-06-21 15:11

Government gives maximum support to reconstructing residential houses damaged in war

TEHRAN- Iran’s minister of transport and urban development referred to the start of recording damage to buildings damaged in the war, and announced the government's maximum support for the reconstruction and renovation of residential houses.

2025-06-20 11:54

Complete coordination made in rail, road transportation: minister

TEHRAN- Iranian Minister of Transport and Urban Development, in a meeting with the general directors of transport and urban development sectors, discussed establishing complete coordination and maximum cooperation, especially in the transport of goods and passengers in the rail and road sectors.

2025-05-25 14:04

Transport minister visits Iraq to advance Shalamcheh-Basra railway

TEHRAN - Iran’s minister of transport and urban development has arrived in Iraq to strengthen bilateral transport cooperation, follow up on the Shalamcheh-Basra railway project, and coordinate maximum facilitation for Arbaeen pilgrims.

2025-05-24 16:03

President, transport minister inaugurate, launch over 4,000 projects in country

TEHRAN- During an online ceremony at the place of Iran’s Ministry of Transport and Urban Development on Saturday, 4,219 projects in the fields of transportation, housing, and meteorology were inaugurated or launched in the presence of President Masoud Pezeshkian and Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh.

2025-05-02 16:05

‘Maritime-oriented economy & port development, priorities of transport ministry’

TEHRAN- Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh elaborated on the most important programs and macro policies of her ministry, including maritime-oriented development.

2025-04-12 14:09

Transport, transit agreement to be signed in Pezeshkian’s visit to Azerbaijan

TEHRAN- Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh announced that the transportation and transit agreement will be signed between Iran and Republic of Azerbaijan during the visit of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Azerbaijan.

2025-04-08 14:03