Final UN report recommends technical help to assess waterlogging and soil salinity

The final UN report identified loss of topsoil, compaction and flooding as harmful effects on agricultural soil fertility. Restoring land therefore required more than clearing debris or replacing...

The final UN report linked waterlogging and salinity to saline-water intrusion, altered river flows and interrupted drainage installation. These problems complicated agricultural rehabilitation...

The final UN report relayed Iranian claims of toxic soil and water contamination and called for comprehensive studies. It also warned that unidentified minefields could delay recovery of about 20...

The final UN report identified limited foreign exchange for equipment, parts and materials, plus shortages of skilled personnel and support facilities, as major constraints on completing...

Iran sought external resources for earth-moving equipment, well drilling, canal lining, pumping plant, steel, cement and farm machinery. The final UN report recorded these as assistance needs for...

The UN mission found Iranian engineers, workers and companies able to rebuild transport infrastructure to standard quality. Imports of equipment and unavailable railway parts still required...

The final UN report found transport machinery and equipment losses greater than reported infrastructure losses. Wartime restrictions often made replacements costlier and lower in quality; most...

The report prioritized the Khorramshahr-Ahvaz railway, Abadan and Ahvaz airports, and border bridges. Additional rail capacity to Bandar Khomeini and Bandar Abbas was intended to ease bottlenecks...

The UN report described wartime shortages of maintenance and renewal investment across land transport. Correcting these deficiencies through modernization required foreign inputs, particularly foreign...

Iranian authorities considered air travel essential over long distances. The UN report found air-transport facilities insufficiently rebuilt, modernized or developed and identified substantial...