Permission for fuel transit from Iraq's Kurdistan Region to Afghanistan is extended to 14 October 2026

Ghasem Habibpour, secretary of Iran's Association of International Transport Companies, said in a letter to member and non member firms that permission for fuel transit from Iraq's Kurdistan Region to Afghanistan has been extended from 13 July to 14 October 2026 (22 Tir to 22 Mehr 1405). Mehr News Agency published the letter on Sunday, 2 August 2026.

According to the letter, the extension rests on letter number 11/26568 dated 29 July 2026 (7 Mordad 1405) from the director general of road maintenance and transport for Tehran province, and refers to letter number 61004/74/3 dated 27 July 2026 (5 Mordad 1405) from the acting head of the transit and international transport office at the Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.

The extension is conditional on international transport companies seeking transit, including cargo owners, traders and merchants, obtaining confirmation and a fuel standards compliance certificate from the destination country, Afghanistan. The association has asked companies to secure those certificates from cargo owners before loading, in order to prevent Iranian fleet vehicles being stalled, halted or impounded for lack of a quality certificate at destination. Fuel transit across Iranian territory is one of the road transport sector's sources of foreign currency earnings.