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Middle East > Iran > Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km 98.22 million tons/km Time series [59th of 153]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 26 [16th of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 32 [12th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 9 [32nd of 99]
Container port traffic 1,325,643 TEU Time series [39th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 43, cargo 34, chemical tanker 4, container 10, liquefied gas 1, multi-functional large-load carrier 6, petroleum tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 1
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 8,309,580 Dwt Time series [24th of 157]
Motor vehicles 23 motor vehicles per 100 p [96th of 134]
Pipelines > All types
condensate/gas 212 km; gas 16,998 km; liquid petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,256 km; refined products 7,808 km (2004)
Pipelines > Total length 33,844 km [7th of 120]
Ports and harbors
Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war), Ahvaz, Bandar 'Abbas, Bandar-e Anzali, Bushehr, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e Mahshahr, Bandar-e Torkaman, Chabahar (Bandar Beheshti), Jazireh-ye Khark, Jazireh-ye Lavan, Jazireh-ye Sirri, Khorramshahr (limited operation since November 1992), Now Shahr
Rail usage statistics > Distance travelled by rail per inhabitant in km/year Kilometres/year 90 [35th of 38]
Rail usage statistics > Freight rail by billions of tonne-kilometers > Billion tonne-kilometres 19.13 [19th of 29]
Rail usage statistics > Passenger-km of rail transport, in billion/year > Billion passenger-kilometres 11.15 [20th of 31]
Railways > A note
broad-gauge track is employed at the borders with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan which have broad-gauge rail systems; 41 km of the standard-gauge, electrified track is in suburban service at Tehran (2001)
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Iran protests Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed waters on Helmand River tributaries in periods of drought; thousands of Afghan refugees still reside in Iran; creation of a maritime boundary with Iraq remains in hiatus until full sovereignty is restored in Iraq; Iran and UAE engage in direct talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over Iran's occupation of Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island; Iran stands alone among littoral states in insisting upon a division of the Caspian Sea into five equal sectors
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 36.92 % Time series [91st of 153]
Vehicle abundance 1.66 per square km [94th of 141]
Waterways > A note
the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World standards on users.pandora.be; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country ; Wikipedia: Rail usage statistics by country; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran

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