EghtesadOnline: The budget for the current fiscal year (March 2017-18) has allocated 80 trillion rials ($2.13 billion) to transportation projects, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Amir Amini said.

EghtesadOnline: The budget for Iran’s transport sector will increase 5% in the new Iranian year (March 2017-18) compared with the current year, owing mostly to an upsurge in the budget for the rail sector, a deputy minister of roads and urban development said.