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Iran Aims to Increase Cargo Transit with Turkmenistan to 20 Million Tons

From September 6 to 8, 2025, a delegation from Turkmenistan, led by Minister of Railway Transport Mammet Akmammedov, visited Iran. The delegation held talks with Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, and the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, Jabbar Ali-Zakeri, according to IRNA news agency.

The discussions focused on expanding railway cooperation and increasing transit cargo traffic. Sadegh emphasized that rail transport is safe and sustainable, and that developing transit links between Iran and Turkmenistan has the potential to transform regional trade.

According to Sadegh, Iran aims to achieve a total transit volume of 20 million tons in cooperation with Turkmenistan, with 6 million tons of that being transported by rail. To reach these goals, Sadegh instructed the head of Iranian Railways to finalize a joint action plan with Turkmenistan’s railway transport ministry.

During the talks, special attention was given to revitalizing the Ashgabat Agreement (a corridor involving Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Oman) and the China–Kazakhstan–Turkmenistan–Iran railway.

The Turkmen delegation also visited the Akyayla–Incheborun border crossing to inspect its modernized infrastructure. Akmammedov described the Iran–Turkmenistan–Kazakhstan corridor as a key route and announced plans to build two new broad-gauge lines to boost the capacity of Incheborun, which is a vital hub for trade between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf, according to IRNA.

The two sides agreed to expand cooperation within the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and other corridors, including the Armenia–Iran–Turkmenistan–Kazakhstan route, which will strengthen regional economic ties.

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