What decisions were made in the “Three-Year Roadmap Agreement between Iran and the EAEU”?
In September 2025, Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed a “Three-Year Cooperation Roadmap (2025–2028)” for broader economic and trade development. This agreement was signed in Moscow at the first session of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Free Trade Agreement by Mohammad Atabak (Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade) and Andrey Slepnev (Minister for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Union).
Goal and Framework of the Roadmap
The three-year roadmap provides an operational framework for the comprehensive implementation of the Free Trade Agreement, with the goal of expanding cooperation in sectors beyond the trade of goods. The agreement includes the following key areas:
1. Development of Transport and Logistics
Support for the North-South Corridor, connecting Eurasian markets to the Indian Ocean.
Improving member states’ access to Iranian ports.
Developing electronic transport systems and fast transit of goods.
2. Optimization of Customs and Digitalization
Establishing green customs corridors.
Moving towards electronic customs systems and verifying the origin of goods using modern technologies.
Forming a sub-committee for customs cooperation to facilitate goods clearance.
3. Standards and Trade Facilitation
Cooperation to develop common standards and facilitate the issuance of necessary certificates, including “Halal Certificates.”
Harmonization of sanitary and quarantine measures for food and agricultural products.
Development of Specialized Cooperation
This roadmap extends beyond trade in goods, opening the door for specialized cooperation in other sectors:
1. Industrial and Technological Partnership
The parties discussed Iran’s participation as an “Observer in the EAEU Pharmaceutical Committee”—a move that could facilitate access to medical, pharmaceutical products, and health technologies.
2. Development of E-commerce
Establishing online systems for verifying the origin of goods and developing e-commerce between companies of both sides are other important axes of the agreement.
Significance of this Roadmap
This agreement signifies the transition of economic relations between Iran and Eurasia from a mere free trade phase to a structured and operational economic partnership.
Upon the completion of this roadmap, it is predicted that the trend of non-oil trade and economic interactions between Iran and EAEU members will significantly increase.
Iran’s presence in specialized union structures like the technical committees (Pharmaceutical and Standard) also develops the groundwork for scientific and technological cooperation.
Time Horizon
The roadmap is designed for the 2025–2028 period.
Its goal is the full implementation of the Free Trade Agreement and the expansion of cooperation in logistics, customs, standards, and technology sectors.
Both sides have stated that implementing this roadmap will increase trade and joint investment, and cooperation will gradually enter deeper stages.
Conclusion
The Three-Year Roadmap between Iran and the EAEU:
- Acts as the executive framework for the full activation of the Free Trade Agreement.
- Defines further cooperation in transport, customs, digitalization, and standards.
- Provides the platform for developing specialized cooperation in industrial, pharmaceutical, and technological fields.