Railways
total: 6,130 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 6,036 km 1.435-m gauge (187 km electrified)
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)

Highways
total: 140,200 km
paved: 49,440 km (including 470 km of expressways)
unpaved: 90,760 km (1998 est.)

Waterways 904 km
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

Pipelines crude oil 5,900 km; petroleum products 3,900 km; natural gas 4,550 km

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

Merchant marine
total: 147 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,136,971 GRT/7,166,703 DWT
ships by type: bulk 48, cargo 36, chemical tanker 4, container 10, liquefied gas 1, multi-functional large-load carrier 6, petroleum tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 1 (2002 est.)

Airports 322 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 118
over 3,047 m: 40
2,438 to 3,047 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 7 (2001)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 204
under 914 m: 63 (2001)
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 124
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

Heliports 11 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Iran on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iran Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iran Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.