Armenia and Iran discuss launching ‘Simplified Customs Corridor’ on border

November 19 2025, 19:50

Politics

Eduard Hakobyan, Head of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC), and Foroud Asgari, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of Iran and Head of Customs, discussed the implementation of a “Simplified Customs Corridor” on the Armenian-Iranian border.

The project is a concept for creating more favorable conditions for foreign economic activity of law-abiding businesses.

The parties also addressed the mutual recognition of authorized economic operators and agreed to begin active negotiations in this direction.