IRAN's ports authority figures show cargo handling hit 3.08 million TEU containers in the year to March 20, a year-on-year increase of 13 per cent.

The report by the Fars news said that cargo handled at Iranian ports hit 235 million tonnes in the year to late March 2025, adding that non-oil trade had been responsible for 56 per of the total.

Iran has seen a significant rise in international cargo transit passing via its ports in recent years.

That has generated a stable source of hard currency revenues for the government while also helping improve the country's relations with its neighbours.