The article analyzes Iran’s participation in the development of international transport corridors in Eurasia. The experience of Iran’s participation in international transport corridors in the 1990–2000s is considered. Of the rather large number of projects for the development of transport logistics in Eurasia, the EU initiative — the TRACECA transport corridor — turned out to be successful for Iran. Iran did not have the opportunity to participate in the American “New Silk Road” initiative. The author refers to the factors that limited these opportunities for the state’s development of cooperation under severe sanctions pressure and international isolation. Initiatives to develop transport and logistics routes with the participation of Russia, India, and the Central Asian states were declared but practically did not develop. In the current conditions of turbulent political and geo-economic processes, Iran has a unique opportunity to integrate into the emerging systems of new trade, economic, financial, credit, and interstate political relations, using the peculiarities of its geopolitical position. The main attention of the author is paid to Iran’s participation in the international transport corridor “North–South,” the peculiarities of the development of the Anzali Special Economic Zone on the Caspian Sea, focused on cooperation with Russia, and a large transport and logistics project based on the Chabahar Port, in the development of which India and China are actively involved.
Iran, India, Russia, North-South International Transport Corridor, Trans-Caspian Transport Route, Chabahar port, Enzeli Free Economic Zone