The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development ( fa, وزارت راه و شهرسازی, ''Vezārat-e Rāh-e 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

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. 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 The National Airline of Iran ( fa, هواپیمايی ملی ایران, Havâpeymâyi-ye Melli-ye Irân), branded as Iran Air, is the flag carrier of Iran, which is headquartered at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. As of 2018, it operates scheduled ...

, I.R. Iran Railways, and Iran's

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(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 The Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution ( fa, بنیاد مسکن انقلاب اسلامی) was established on April 10, 1979, by the order of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to provide housing for the depriv ...

* National Land and Housing Organization * Iran's Urban Regeneration Corporate Holding Company

Ministers of Roads and Urban Development

Mehrdad Bazrpash Mehrdad Bazrpash ( fa, مهرداد بذرپاش; born 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian principlist politician, and the current Minister of Roads and Urban Development since December 2022. He was also the President of the Supreme Audit Court from ...

(7 December 2022 – Present) * Shahriar Afandizadeh (22 November 2022 – 7 December 2022) (Acting) * Rostam Ghasemi (25 August 2021 – 22 November 2022) *

Mohammad Eslami Mohammad Eslami ( fa, محمد اسلامی; born 23 September 1956) is the Vice President and Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Head of the Atomic Energy Organization in the government of Ebrahim Raisi, President Raisi and was the Ministry of ...

(20 October 2018 – 25 August 2021) * Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (15 August 2013 – 20 October 2018) *

Ali Nikzad Ali Nikzad ( fa, علی نیکزاد; born 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician and academic and a former cabinet minister. Early life and education Nikzad was born in 1961. He holds a bachelor's degree in urban development from the Uni ...

(27 June 2011 – 15 August 2013)

Ministers of Roads and Transportation

Hamid Behbahani Hamid Behbahani ( fa, حمید بهبهانی, born 14 January 1941) is 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. ...

(Aug. 05, 2008 – Feb. 01, 2011) *Mohammad Rahmati (Feb. 02, 2005 – July 12, 2008) * Ahmad Khorram (Aug. 22, 2001 – Oct. 03, 2004) * Rahman Dadman (Jan. 14, 2001 – May 17, 2001) * Mahmoud Hojjati (Aug. 20, 1997 – Jan. 14, 2001) *

Akbar Torkan Akbar Torkan ( fa, اکبر ترکان; 1952–2021) was an Iranian mechanical engineer and politician, who was the President Hassan Rouhani's chief adviser from 2013 to 2018. He served as the CEO of Iran's Construction Engineering Organization f ...

(Aug. 16, 1993 – Aug. 20, 1997) *

Mohammad Saeedikia Mohammad Saeedikia (born 1946) is an Iranian politician who is the former head of Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled), from 2014 to 2019. He served as a government minister in different cabinets last of whi ...

(1985–1993) * Mohammad Hadi Nezhad Hosseinian (1981–1985) * Mousa Kalantari (1980–1981) * Yousef Taheri (1979–1980)

Ministers of Housing and Urban Development

(2009–2011) *

(2005–2009) * Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005) * Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (1993–1997) * Serajedin Kazerooni (1984–1993) *

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh ( fa, میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the forty-ninth and last Prime Minister of Ira ...

(acting) (1983–1984) *

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(1980–1983) *

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

(1979–1980) *

Mostafa Katiraei Mostafa Katiraei ( fa, مصطفی کتیرایی) (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 th ...

(1979)

History

Ministry of Road and Transportation (Tehran)

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 ( fa, وزارت راه و ترابری), was the main organ of

Iranian Government The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, نظام جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Neẓām-e jomhūrī-e eslāmi-e Irān, known simply as ''Neẓām'' ( fa, نظام, lit=the system) among its supporters) is the ruling state a ...

responsible for administration 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)
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Iran, Transportation and Housing

Transport organisations based in Iran