TEHRAN (Iran News) –President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi has voiced the readiness of ICCIMA to cooperate with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in transportation across the region and beyond.

Selahvarzi made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with two IRU representatives on Saturday.

He also said that Iran Chamber of Commerce stands ready to cooperate in holding international events to help promote transit.

Iraq has recently joined the TIR Convention which will remove a large part of challenges to border transit with the country, Selahvarzi said, adding that considering the high experience of the Iran Chamber of Commerce TIR department, it held training courses for the Iraqi side.

He noted that the Iran Chamber of Commerce has good relations with the country’s executive bodies and will make every effort to remove the red tape to help facilitate trade, investment and transit.

In the meantime, Behnam Faramarzian, the director of international transportation and TIR carnet department of Iran Chamber of Commerce, said that Iran has been the world’s top issuer of TIR carnets since 2021.

He said that Iran aims to expand its Ro-Ro system of transit and launch well-equipped terminals with the help of IRU and other international transportation organizations.

Kazam Asayesh, a senior manager with TIR and Transit of IRU, hailed the successful cooperation between IRU and the Iran Chamber of Commerce as a good example of cooperation.

The statistics suggest that Iran Chamber of Commerce has had a significant role in enhancement of transit through the Iranian routes, he said.

Asayesh added that Iran has set a good model for other countries in this regard. He added that if Iran minimizes its border problems, its transit routes with offering facilities and reducing cost of transit will become compatible, adding that it only needs to increase coordination between the related bodies on the country.

He reiterated that Iran should be more active in the issue of E-TIR and it should not let lag behind other countries and in this regard Iran Custom Administration should be active and pursue the issue.