Freeway 7 (Persian: آزادراه ۷) (also known as ''Persian Gulf Highway''-آزادراه خلیج فارس) is a

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in central

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. It starts from

Jahad Square Jahad Rural District () is in Gambueh District of Hamidiyeh County, Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Gambueh-ye Bozorg. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's populatio ...

at the south end of Kazemi Expressway and Azadegan Expressway in

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. It then passes

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, Imam Khomeini Int'l,

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Shahinshahr Shahinshahr () is a city in the Central District of Shahinshahr County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Shahinshahr was Iran's first master-planned satellite city, approximately to the nort ...

Najafabad Najafabad (; ) is a city in the Central District of Najafabad County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Najafabad is west of Isfahan and is increasingly becoming a part of the Isfahan Metropol ...

and currently ends at the northeast of

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in a junction with Road 51 and

Zobahan Freeway Zobahan Freeway () is a freeway in Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Central Iran, connecting Isfahan to its southwestern suburbs and Esfahan Steel Company (known as Zobahan in Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Ir ...

. However, there has been construction after the junction and so far, has been completed. In recent years, construction has been made in order to connect this freeway to

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under the name Esfahan-Shiraz Freeway, which starts from

Izadkhast Izadkhast () is a city in the Central District of Abadeh County, Fars province, Iran, and serves as the administrative center for Izadkhast Rural District. It is the first city in Fars on the Isfahan-Shiraz Highway. History In 1779 Za ...

and currently ends at the northwest of

in a junction with Road 67, and it is planned to end in Hosseini Al-Hashemi Expressway (in final phases). It was opened in Mehr 1402 (October 2023). The Freeway from

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is currently planned, but yet to start construction. There are also plans to connect the freeway to

Bushehr Bushehr (; ) is a port city in the Central District (Bushehr County), Central District of Bushehr County, Bushehr province, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. Etymology The roots of the n ...

Tehran-Shiraz section

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Isfahan Eastern Bypass section

Bandar Abbas-Port of Shahid Rajaee section

References

Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization

Road management center of Iran

Ministry of Roads & Urban Development of Iran

Tehran-Shiraz section

Isfahan Eastern Bypass section

Bandar Abbas-Port of Shahid Rajaee section

References

See also