TEHRAN – Government on Monday forwarded to the Ministry of Roads and Transportation the act on Iran’s joining the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Transportation Agreement.  More

An Iran AirTour passenger jet caught fire Friday on landing in the northeastern capital Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, leaving at least 29 dead.  More

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A Sibir Airlines passenger jet with 200 people on board veered off the runway early Sunday while landing at Irkutsk Airport in eastern Siberia, crashed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames, killing at least 122 people, according to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.  More

TEHRAN (IRNA) – The first regular shipping line to be established by the leading worldwide French shipping company CMA CGM, is scheduled to move between a Chinese port and the Shahid Rajaii Port in Bandar Abbas as of July 23, 2006.  More

TEHRAN – During their visit in Iran on Saturday, Iranian and Afghan officials stressed the importance of the construction of a railroad line to connect the Iranian township of sangan to Herat in northwest Afghanistan.  More