The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (, ''Vezārat-e Rāh va Shahrsāzi'') is an Iranian government body in charge of providing and regulating the country's transport infrastructure (including roads, railroads, shipping lanes and airways), as well as setting policies for the housing sector and

construction industry Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the ...

. This ministry was formed on 27 June 2011, when the two ministries of Housing and Urban Development and Roads and Transportation were merged. Companies and organizations, such as

Iran Air Iran Air, officially known as The Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (), or before known as The National Airline of Iran (), is the flag carrier of Iran, which is headquartered at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. As of 2024, it operates sched ...

, I.R. Iran Railways, and Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) function under the supervision of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. The ministry follows a set of objectives and missions in the transport, urban development and housing sectors. These include, but are not limited to: formulating and implementing policies in these sectors, providing and maintaining infrastructure, creating national plans for urban development and fostering urban regeneration, coordinating efforts in the aforementioned sectors with the private sector, as well as administrative affairs on a national level.

Departments within the ministry

* Housing and Construction * Human Resource Management and Development * Legal, Parliamentary Affairs and Provinces * Planning and Resource Management * Transport * Urban Planning and Architecture

Affiliated companies and organizations of the ministry

Ports and Maritime Organization
(PMO)
Iran Railway Company

Civil Aviation OrganizationIslamic Republic of Iran's Airline
(Iran Air)
Iran's Airports and Air Navigation CompanyExecutive Organization for Public and Government Buildings and Infrastructure
* Iran's New Towns Development Corporate Holding Company
Roads, Housing and Urban Planning Research CenterIran's Roads Maintenance and Transportation OrganizationIran’s Meteorological OrganizationTechnical and Soil Mechanics Laboratory CompanyConstruction and Development of Transport Infrastructures Company
* Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution * National Land and Housing Organization * Iran's Urban Regeneration Corporate Holding Company

Ministers of roads and urban development

* Farzaneh Sadegh (21 August 2024 – Present) *

Mehrdad Bazrpash Mehrdad Bazrpash (; born 1980) is an Iranian Iranian Principlists, principlist politician, and the former Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (Iran), Minister of Roads and Urban Development from 2022 to 2024. He was also the Supreme Audit Cou ...

(7 December 2022 – 21 August 2024) *

Shahriar Afandizadeh Al Shahriar () may refer to: Places Cities in Iran * Shahriar, Tehran Province * Shahriar, East Azerbaijan Counties in Iran * Shahriar County Villages in Iran * Shahriar, Fars * Shahriar, Lorestan * Shahriar Kandeh * Shahriari-ye Olya * ...

(22 November 2022 – 7 December 2022) (Acting) *

Rostam Ghasemi Rostam Ghasemi (; 5 May 1964 – 8 December 2022) was an Iranian military officer and conservative politician who was the Minister of Roads and Urban Development from 25 August 2021 to 22 November 2022. He was Minister of Petroleum from 3 Augu ...

(25 August 2021 – 22 November 2022) *

Mohammad Eslami Mohammad Eslami (; born 23 September 1956) is the vice president and head of the Atomic Energy Organization in the government of President Raisi and was the Minister of Roads and Urban development and the Governor of Mazandaran province in the ...

(20 October 2018 – 25 August 2021) *

Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (, born 6 June 1957) is an Iranian politician and academic and former Minister of Roads and Urban Development, from 2013 to 2018. In 1993, Akhoundi became the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, making him one of the y ...

(15 August 2013 – 20 October 2018) *

Ali Nikzad Ali Nikzad (; born 1961) is an Iranian Iranian Principlists, conservative politician and a member of Iranian parliament. He is an academic and a former cabinet minister. Early life and education Nikzad was born in 1961. He holds a bachelor's de ...

(27 June 2011 – 15 August 2013)

Ministers of roads and transportation

Hamid Behbahani Hamid Behbahani (, 14 January 1941 – 9 March 2024) was an Iranian academic and politician who served as minister of roads and transportation from 5 August 2008 to 1 February 2011 when he was impeached by the Parliament of Iran. Early life and ...

(August 5, 2008 – February 1, 2011) *Mohammad Rahmati (February 2, 2005 – July 12, 2008) * Ahmad Khorram (August 22, 2001 – October 3, 2004) *

Rahman Dadman Rahman Dadman (; 1956–2001) was an Iranian politician. Trained as a civil engineer, Dadman briefly served as the Minister of Roads and Transportation between January and May 2001. He died in a plane crash on 17 May 2001. Biography Dadman was ...

(January 14, 2001 – May 17, 2001) *

Mahmoud Hojjati Mahmoud Hojjati (, born 9 October 1955) is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Agriculture, a position he had held from January 2001 to August 2005, in the cabinet of Mohammad Khatami and again from August 2013 to November 2019 under Ha ...

(August 20, 1997 – January 14, 2001) *

Akbar Torkan Akbar Torkan (; 1952–2021) was an Iranian mechanical engineer and politician, who was the President Hassan Rouhani's chief adviser from 2013 to 2018. He was the CEO of Iran's Construction Engineering Organization from 2014 to 2017. He was also t ...

(August 16, 1993 – August 20, 1997) *

Mohammad Saeedikia Mohammad Saeedikia (Persian: محمد سعیدی‌کیا) (born 1946) is an Iranian politician who was the former head of Mostazafan Foundation (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled), from 2014 to 2019. He served as a government minister in ...

(1985–1993) *

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(1981–1985) *

Mousa Kalantari Mousa Kalantari (; 1949 in Marand — 28 June 1981 in Tehran) was the cabinet minister of transportation in the government of Abolhassan Banisadr. He was the elder brother of Isa Kalantari. Kalantari was killed in a terrorist attack on 28 Jun ...

(1980–1981) *

Yousef Taheri Yusuf ( ') is a male name meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name ...

(1979–1980)

Ministers of housing and urban development

(2009–2011) *

(2005–2009) *

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(1997–2005) *

(1993–1997) * Serajedin Kazerooni (1984–1993) *

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(acting) (1983–1984) *

Mohammad Shahab Gonabadi Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, ...

(1980–1983) *

Mohsen Yahyavi Muhsin (also spelled Mohsen, Mohsin, Mehsin, or Muhsen, ) is a masculine Arabic given name. The first person known to have the name "Muhsin" was Muhsin ibn Ali, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad. Islamic term In Arabic, it ...

(1979–1980) *

Mostafa Katiraei Mostafa Katiraei () (31 December 1928 – 3 February 2016) was an Iranian engineer and politician who served in the interim government of Bazargan as the minister of housing. He was also a member of the Council of the Islamic Revolution. Katirae ...

(1979)

History

The ministry was founded in 1877 as the Ministry of Public Benefits at the time of Naseredin Shah. The ministry was responsible for roads and bridge construction as well as their maintenance. After the formation of General Bureau of Roads in 1922, it was renamed as Ministry of Ways by a Parliamentary law in 1929. Later in 1936 Parliament passed a law to call it the Ministry of Roads, and again on July 6, 1974, it was renamed as Ministry of Roads and Transportation.

Ministry of Roads and Transportation

Ministry of Roads and Transportation of Iran (), was the main organ of

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responsible for administration of

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railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

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and seaway transport inside the country and transport connections between

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and other countries. The last acting minister was

. The ministry consisted of five deputies as: *Deputy for Development of Management Resources *Deputy for Parliamentary Affairs & Provinces Coordination *Deputy for Education, Research & Technology *Deputy for Planning & Transport Economy *Deputy for Construction & Maintenance of Rural Roads In June 2011, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Roads and Transportation were merged into what was then called the Ministry of Transportation and Housing.
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References

External links

Homepage of the Ministry of Roads and Urban DevelopmentWebpage of the Ministry of Housing and Urban DevelopmentFormer Ministry of Roads and Transportation

Former Ministry of Roads and Transportation
(Archive)
Former ministry News
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Transport organisations based in Iran