Final UN annex identifies imported components in locally manufactured railway vehicles

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...

Khorramshahr’s rebuilt railway station had six operative tracks compared with eleven before the war. A new complex was proposed 300 metres farther up the line; the annex distinguished restored service...

Road recovery required repair of drainage, shoulders, markings and signs as well as the road structure, the annex stated. It identified these supporting features as unfinished rehabilitation needs...

Bailey and pontoon bridges maintained river crossings, while steel plates and beams spanned damaged sections. The annex described these wartime expedients and called for more permanent reconstruction.

The land-transport reconstruction plan estimated foreign-currency needs at 45.8 percent of the remaining budget. The mission considered this share reasonable; it was a forecast of resource...

Iran estimated that foreign currency would cover 30 percent of remaining road-reconstruction costs, mainly for equipment not made domestically. This road-specific budget share differs from the wider...

Iran listed moderate-to-severe damage at Abadan and Ahvaz airports, moderate damage at Bakhtaran, and minor-to-moderate damage at Sanandaj, Urmiyeh and Tabriz. These are reported severity...

Iran’s inventory listed two Iran Air Boeing 727s and one Airbus, plus three Asseman Fairchild aircraft and one Shark commander, as destroyed. The mission could not verify the exact extent of...

Iran listed a Boeing 747 damaged by six percent and an Airbus by ten percent. These reported partial-damage grades differ from the destroyed-aircraft inventory; the mission could not verify the...