Final UN annex records damaged road-maintenance machinery

Iran listed 956 wagons damaged by 35–85 percent and 21 locomotives by 30–75 percent. The mission could not verify exact destroyed-equipment counts because damaged rolling stock had been cleared from...

Damage to the Qotur bridge near Turkey closed a major railway goods route to and from Turkey for several months, the annex reported. This trade interruption is distinct from the later inspection of...

Roads carried about 85 percent of domestic freight, the annex reported. Iran had over 2,000 road-transport companies, fewer than six percent government-owned, making road recovery central to goods...

Iran reported damaged roads of 1,533 kilometres in Khuzestan, 600 in Ilam, 845 in Bakhtaran, 555 in Kurdistan and 330 in Azarbayjan. These figures included main and feeder roads with minor bridges and...

The road-transport loss inventory listed 11 major bridges in Khuzestan and ten in Ilam. These government-reported counts identify affected assets; the passage does not assign a destruction...

The annex listed seven affected road offices totaling 1,489 square metres in Khuzestan, five totaling 940 in Ilam, and one totaling 4,000 in Bakhtaran. These floor-area figures concern offices, not...

The annex estimated that 80 percent of Khorramshahr’s roads needed rehabilitation or resurfacing, while 40 percent of Abadan’s roads were reported war-damaged. The percentages describe different...

The mission found damage extended below pavement into lower road layers, requiring rehabilitation as well as resurfacing. Surface repairs alone could not address this structural damage, a problem...

The annex reported Ahvaz–Khorramshahr freight capacity down from seven or eight trains daily before the war to two. Poor track condition limited speed to 45 kilometres per hour despite temporary...

Iran planned to upgrade the Ahvaz–Khorramshahr line for speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour and trains with 5,000-tonne loads. The annex recorded intended improvements, not confirmation that this...