MNA Hossein Ashouri, deputy director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, said that the US sanctions will never affect Iran's railway cooperation with Russia, and its contacts will continue expanding. The previous sanctions werent able to affect the countries cooperation in the field of railway construction, he told Sputnik on Sunday. Ashouri ...

MNA Railway official Hossein Ashouri said Mon. that despite US sanctions, foreign railway companies have officially announced their decision to remain committed to their agreements with Iran. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Vice President of Operation and International Transportation at Railways of Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI), Hossein Ashouri,...

IRNA Member of Board of Directors of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways Hossein Ashuri said on Saturday that Azerbaijan Republic is to invest 60 million dollars to develop Astara railway freight station in west of Gilan province. Exploitation of the rail route for transport of goods has been ceded to Azerbaijan Republic for 15 years, he said during ...

Financial Tribune- Some 414,000 tons of freight have been transported between Iran and Turkey via rail since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 21), registering a 54% increase compared with last years corresponding period. This was announced by Hossein Ashouri, director of Transit Commission at the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

MNA Railway official Hossein Ashouri has reported on displacement of 950,000 tons of goods through rail transit in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20, 2016). Deputy Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company for Operation Affairs Hossein Ashouri said travel time remained as a major concern for ...

Financial Tribune- Rail networks of Iran and Afghanistan will be connected by March 2018 as part of the Khwaf-Herat route, according to an official with the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways. The railroad has so far reached the border [from the Iranian side], but its extension on the Afghan soil will be completed by the end of the next Iranian year ...

Trend News Agency- Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia are carrying out a plan to make operational a long-overdue corridor that will carry shipments from the Black Sea between Eastern/Southeastern Europe and Western Asia to the Persian Gulf in the southeastern Middle East. The announcement was made by Deputy Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railway ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) Railway official Hossein Ashouri has reported on an agreement with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan for transit of goods via Iran. Deputy Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railway Company for Operation Affairs Hossein Ashouri made the remarks noting that under the reached agreement, transit volume of ...

Tehran, Sept 19, IRNA Central Asian countries will rise amount of their export of furnace fuel oil via Iranian southern ports to 300,000 tons by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2017). According to Hossein Ashouri who is a deputy in the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, some of Irans northern neighbors have started to transit ...

Tehran, June 21, IRNA - Iran and Kazakhstan are to develop railway cooperation, an Islamic Republic of Iran Railways official said. According to Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Hossein Ashouri said other regional countries like China and Turkmenistan could also use this railway corridor. He noted that Kazakhstan has suitable railway infrastructures....

TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) Railway official Hossein Ashouri has announced Irans readiness to reduce the running time of the trains travelling along the Silk Road. The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways is eager to reduce train travel times from the current 14 to 12 days and we hope that goods transit between the two countries will further grow in near ...

Tehran, April 9, IRNA Iran aims to become a major transit route in region, Deputy Managing Director of Iran?s Railway, Hossein Ashouri said on Wednesday. Speaking to IRNA, he noted that Iran is keen to increase its share of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) annual transit capacity. ?Some 460 million tons of goods are transited among ECO member ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Managing Director of Iranian Railway Hossein Ashouri said the Iran-Afghanistan railroad will be completed by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2015). "It is hoped that Khaf-Harat path would be accomplished by next year, and load and cargo would be transferred via railroad directly," Ashouri told the Iranian ...