From the mountains west of Jask to portions of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province in the southwest along the Sea of Oman, Makran is a historically significant area in Iran.
However, the Zionist regime has been promoting the IMAC Corridor project as a rival to Iran’s International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), also known as the North-South Corridor. However, it appears that Resistance front moves hindered the Zionist strategy, which aimed to establish a new path from Asia to Europe.
In 2008, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei made the first mention of the Makran region’s significance. Since then, there has been constant discussion about the Makran region’s development.
The Makran region 5-year plan aims to: load and transport 15 million tons of goods annually through international corridors; expand existing settlements and cities; build new cities with a population of 2.5 million; develop cultural and educational infrastructure; produce and transmit 17,000 megawatts of electricity; supply and transfer 3 million cubic meters of water for drinking, agriculture, and industry; provide 4050 beds in clinical centers; establish five economic driving zones; and develop the mining, petrochemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, fisheries and agriculture, shipbuilding and port support, electronic industries, and transportation.
Experts claim that Makran is defined in the north-south corridor rather than the east-west corridor. From the north to the south corridor, there are three routes. The first one begins at the ports of Astara, Anzali, Nowshahr, Fereydunkenar, and Amirabad in northern Iran and is connected to Bandar Abbas by railroad. Russia benefits from this transportation route.
The Caucasus route is the alternative, connecting Miandoab in northwest Iran with Kermanshah in western Iran. From there, Turkey may transport its goods to Imam harbor in southern Iran. The third route, which constitutes the eastern leg of the north-south corridor, runs from Chabahar port to Sarkhes City.
Makran can help all of the nations in the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and Eastern Russia. For instance, a significant portion of India’s coal comes from Russian mines. The majority of the items are exported through the northern and southern ports of the corridor since Central Asian nations import goods and export raw materials to Europe.
However, the Sarakhs-Chabahar Corridor must be acivated. Consequently, the Chabahar port gives China and India access to Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. The fact that Iran is included in this corridor along the Makran coast is an additional advantage.
All of these concepts require more Makran infrastructure development. Makran is home to the ports of Jask and Chabahar. Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti are two of Chabahar’s principal ports.
