Abbas Akhoundi

Iran will handover the strategic Chabahar port to an Indian company within a month for operation as per an interim pact, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said Thursday.

An engine of a Boeing 747 operated by Iran's Mahan Air detached from the plane today shortly after takeoff from Tehran, causing terror among passengers but no injuries, local media reported.

Iran plans to buy Airbus and Boeing passenger planes through long-term payment agreements once a nuclear accord with world powers is implemented, the transport minister said.

Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said on Tuesday that Paris and Tehran have a "love/hate" relationship, as he urged France to throw its weight behind a draft deal on Iran's nuclear programme.

Iran will handover the strategic Chabahar port to an Indian company within a month for operation as per an interim pact, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said Thursday.

An engine of a Boeing 747 operated by Iran's Mahan Air detached from the plane today shortly after takeoff from Tehran, causing terror among passengers but no injuries, local media reported.

Iran plans to buy Airbus and Boeing passenger planes through long-term payment agreements once a nuclear accord with world powers is implemented, the transport minister said.

Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said on Tuesday that Paris and Tehran have a "love/hate" relationship, as he urged France to throw its weight behind a draft deal on Iran's nuclear programme.