Iran Opens 11.5 Kilometer Jahrom-Lar-Bandar Abbas Highway Segment Worth 9,200 Billion Rials

An 11.5 kilometer segment of the Jahrom-Lar-Bandar Abbas highway opened on Saturday, August 8, 2026 (17 Mordad 1405), built at a cost of more than 9,200 billion rials. According to Khabar Online, Mohammad Mehdi Abdollahi, director general of roads and urban development for Fars province, said at the opening ceremony that the segment's current rial value is about 2 trillion tomans, and that of the corridor's 53 kilometer length within Fars province, 47 kilometers are now ready for use, around 80 percent complete.

Alireza Siahpour, deputy for main roads and highways at Iran's Transport Infrastructure Development Company, said at the same ceremony that the full Jahrom-Lar-Bandar Abbas route runs 360 kilometers, with construction 86 percent complete in Fars province and 71 percent complete in Hormozgan province, and that a further 45 kilometers in Fars will open by the end of the current Iranian year. He added that his company opened 1,150 kilometers of main roads and highways nationwide last year, a notable record despite damage from the 12 day war.