INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Transit of commodities through the Iranian roads network increased 98 percent in the previous Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on
March 20), as compared to the preceding year, the director-general of Transit and International Transportation Affairs Bureau of Iran Road
Maintenance and Transportation Organization (RMTO) said.According to Javad Hedayati, over 9.3 million tons of goods were transited via the
country in the previous year, IRIB reported.Hedayati noted that the transit of goods via Iran has also increased by 43 percent in the first
official said mentioning the recent developments in the Iran-Russia transport relations.He also pointed to the recent visit of the Speaker
including Uzbekistan, need the transportation route of neighboring countries, especially Iran, to supply the goods they need and export
neighbors and developing political and economic relations with neighboring countries in the current government, increasing attention to road
and rail routes in the world, and the efforts and cooperation of transportation and trade-related organizations in establishing or
activating corridors through the country have led to significant growth in transit of goods through Iran.EF/MA
