Final UN annex distinguishes rated port capacity from prewar cargo handled

The mission could not verify reported damage at Shiraz, Hamadan and Tehran airports. This limitation was distinct from its observations at visited airports and does not establish that the three...

The annex expected Abadan domestic flights by the end of November 1991 and international operations in January 1993. Terminal, tower and longer-runway work was continuing; these were assessment-period...

Iran prepared a plan covering 18 airports: some damaged, others needing expansion, and others to be built. The annex’s project count therefore should not be read as 18 airports all destroyed by war or...

Iran estimated the foreign-exchange component at 85.6 percent of remaining air-transport reconstruction costs. Aircraft, parts and airport equipment imports drove substantial needs; this forecast...

The storage subsector’s direct losses were reported as 66 percent buildings and installations and 34 percent machinery and equipment. Repairs limited verification; the mission saw a destroyed...

The annex reported Bandar Abbas port construction starting in 1985 and essentially completed during the war, at a cost of $2 billion. Its design capacity was 13 million tonnes annually, providing a...

PSO reported 45,800 million rials allocated to on-site reconstruction in 1988–1991, mainly Khorramshahr rebuilding and Bandar Khomeyni repairs, with some debris clearance at Abadan and Khorramshahr....

PSO reported about 3,000 million rials spent dredging the Bahmanshir, additional to commercial-port on-site reconstruction allocations. The annex separated this expenditure from prospective...

The annex suggested rebuilt Abadan and Khorramshahr ports might need remodeling for roll-on/roll-off, feeder-container and heavy-load traffic. The options depended on restored river depths and changes...

The annex proposed Khorramshahr complementing Bandar Abbas through container-feeder or roll-on/roll-off transshipment. This could reduce land haulage from Bandar Abbas to central Iran; it was a...