Final UN report ties waterway-clearance assistance to political agreement

The UN report described ports and shipping as wartime targets and central to economic recovery. Repeated emergency repairs preceded restoration and replacement, with substantial work still requiring...

Information supplied to the UN mission put dry-cargo ship losses at 17 vessels lost and 18 damaged, valued at $201 million. Restoration of oil-cargo tonnage was reported complete at a cost of $498...

The UN report described a $225 million restoration project under way at Kharg Island. Commercial-port work included Khorramshahr reconstruction, Bandar Khomeini repairs and landside debris clearance...

Continued construction at Bandar Abbas had brought overall port capacity near contemporary needs. The UN report still called for urgent rebuilding at Abadan and Khorramshahr to improve geographical...

The report described reopening the Shatt al-Arab as essential to Abadan and Khorramshahr port recovery. Reported wrecks, unexploded ordnance and silt obstructed the channel; Iran estimated dredging...

Despite Iranian technical competence, the UN mission considered international assistance necessary to complete the required transport reconstruction within a reasonable time. Its conclusion...

Iran identified widespread generation, transmission and distribution damage in Khuzestan, Ilam, Bakhtaran and Kordestan. The UN report also recorded attacks on major generating stations and...

The UN report described temporary diesel generation in Khuzestan and an estimate that 70 percent of distribution reconstruction remained. About two thirds of completed reconstruction used materials...

After isolated diesel units totaling 138 MW were destroyed in Ilam, Bakhtaran and Kordestan, authorities connected affected areas to the main transmission network. The report recorded substantial...

The UN report stated that 90 percent of transmission facilities repaired during the war suffered further damage. Physical reconstruction was about half complete; financial constraints could extend the...