Iran and Uzbekistan have agreed to remove transit barriers and make the movement of goods between them easier. Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, announced the deal in comments carried by IRNA out of Tehran. The agreement covers an expansion of cooperation across rail, road, and air transport. Sadegh described the clearing of obstacles to transit as central to what the two sides worked out. In practical terms, the arrangement is meant to smooth freight flows between the two countries.