Iran
Iran is an Islamic Republic located in both Southwest Asia and the Middle East. It borders the Caspian Sea to the North. It has state borders with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. For political reasons, Iran is subject to widespread international sanctions. It is currently trying to improve relations with Russia to develop north-south trade cross the Caspian Sea. (Updated 04.07.2022)
16% increase port traffic in last Iranian calendar year
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 23, 2020 – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister, Mohammad Eslami, has reported that the capacity of...
21% increase in traffic at Iran’s Abadan ports
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 23, 2020 – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has reported that the unloading and loading operations...
RZD International to stop operations in Iran
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 6, 2020 – Russian Railways division RZD International, a special purpose engineering company, has announced that it...
Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing
Lagan, Russia (Ports Europe) March 23 – A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian...
Kazakhstan restricts ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus
Kazakhstan imposes restrictions on ships from Azerbaijan and Iran due to coronavirus – March 12, 2020 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine received...
Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss...
Analysis – In a snub to Russia, Iran and Syria sign maritime cooperation agreement
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Defying pressure from Moscow, Russia’s dependant Syria has signed an agreement on maritime cooperation...
ECO RPC Meeting Concludes in Tehran
The 30th Meeting of the Regional Planning Council (RPC) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) has been held on 14-16 January 2020 at the Secretariat...
Caspian Sea littoral states meet to discuss cooperation
On January 27, 2020, the sixth meeting of authorized representatives of the Caspian littoral states for discussing the draft Protocol on cooperation in the...
Analysis – Russia’s ambitious plans for Syria’s port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 22, 2019 – Russia has announced that it is going to invest $500 million over four years in the Syrian Mediterranean...
Azerbaijan, Iran to build Rasht-Astara railway line
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 11, 2019 – Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to build a railway between Rasht (Iran) and Astara which will be part...
Russian and Iranian ports discuss cooperation
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) December 8, 2019 – The head of Gilan Ports and Maritime Administration, Iran, Hamidreza Abaei, has met with the...
Analysis – Iranian ambitions for the Syria’s Mediterranean coast
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) November 18, 2019 – Iran has bolstered its military and economic presence along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to...
Ukraine and Iran ministers look to transport cooperation
Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – On November 1, 2019, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Kricliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and...
U.S. Secretary Pompeo and Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias renew defence agreement
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 5, 2019 – During a two–day visit to Greece, which ended Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Greek...
Maritime authorities from Black & Caspian Sea region discuss future priorities and cooperation
EU Neighbours East – September 26, 2019 On 18 September, representatives of maritime authorities from Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and...
Brothers in … sanctions: Russia, Iran, Syria
Sevastopol, Crimea (PortSEurope) September 6, 2019 – Russia, via occupied Crimea, has offered U.S. sanctions-hit Iran use of its Black Sea ports to transport...