The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development[2] (Persian: وزارت راه و شهرسازی, Vezārat-e Rāh va Shahrsāzi) is an Iranian government body in charge of providing and regulating the country's transport infrastructure (including roads, railroads, shipping lanes and airways), as well as setting policies for the housing sector and construction industry.

The ministry follows a set of objectives and missions in the transport, urban development and housing sectors.

These include, but are not limited to: formulating and implementing policies in these sectors, providing and maintaining infrastructure, creating national plans for urban development and fostering urban regeneration, coordinating efforts in the aforementioned sectors with the private sector, as well as administrative affairs on a national level.

After the formation of General Bureau of Roads[8] in 1922, it was renamed as Ministry of Ways[9] by a Parliamentary law in 1929.

[11][12] Ministry of Roads and Transportation of Iran (Persian: وزارت راه و ترابری), was the main organ of Iranian Government responsible for administration of roadway, railway, airway and seaway transport inside the country and transport connections between Iran and other countries.