{"id":167760,"date":"2026-06-19T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/167760\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:05:09","slug":"iraq-expands-tir-transit-network-with-7-international-routes-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/167760\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq expands TIR transit network with 7 international routes &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-19T10:38:35+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News-<br \/>\nBaghdad<\/p>\n<p>Seven new<br \/>\ninternational transit routes opened across Iraq over the past eight months<br \/>\nunder the TIR system, the Ministry of Transport confirmed Friday, with more<br \/>\nthan 1,000 cross-border cargo operations completed since the network launched.<\/p>\n<p>Israa Hannoun,<br \/>\nDirector of the Land Transport Department at the Ministry of Transport&#8217;s<br \/>\nTechnical Directorate, told Shafaq News the system is now <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Economy\/Iraq-s-Al-Waleed-processes-first-TIR-transit-shipment-from-Syria-to-Kuwait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fully<\/a> operational<br \/>\nacross the country, and the volume of completed operations within such a short<br \/>\nperiod reflects strong early demand for the corridor.<\/p>\n<p>The TIR system<br \/>\n(Transports Internationaux Routiers) is a United Nations-backed customs transit<br \/>\nframework that allows goods to cross international borders under a single customs<br \/>\nguarantee, reducing paperwork and inspection delays at border crossings. Iraq<br \/>\nformally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/society\/New-Era-for-Iraqi-trade-Nation-joins-International-Transit-Network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">joined<\/a> the system in partnership with the International Road Transport<br \/>\nUnion (IRU) to streamline customs procedures and facilitate truck movement<br \/>\nacross its borders.<\/p>\n<p>Hannoun said<br \/>\ncontinued adoption of the TIR system for overland transit through Iraq<br \/>\ncontributes to the efficiency and security of international trade while<br \/>\nconsolidating the country&#8217;s position as a regional logistics corridor<br \/>\nconnecting global trade routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-19T10:38:35+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Seven new international transit routes opened across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[152,94,52162,445,8647,52163],"class_list":["post-167760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-breaking","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-expands-tir-transit-network-with-7-international-routes","tag-trade","tag-transit","tag-transports-internationaux-routiers-tir"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116776450999130976","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}