May 2013. Metro and Tram Kerman's Metro had been approved by the government cabinet and was meant to cover large parts of the metropolitan area in Kerman, but the project's operations were cancelled due to several issues. Later it was heard that a tram project would replace the Metro project, but this project has not been launched yet. In 2017, it was announced that Metro and Tramway would both be used in Kerman with two lines in each system. Chabahar–Zahedan Railway In May 2016, during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Iran, agreement was signed to develop two berths at Port of Chabahar and to build new Chabahar–Zahedan railway, as part of North–South Transport Corridor, by Indian Railways' public sector unit Ircon International. The establishment of the port of Chabahar's connection to the country's railway plan, is under study and consideration. With the completion of the Kerman–Zahedan railway and its connection to the port of Chabahar, this port will connect to the Trans-Iranian Railway. Health The city has several hospitals. The well known ones are: Afzalipour hospital, Doctor Bahonar Hospital, Raziye Firoz Hospital, and Mehregan Hospital. Notable people Al-Mahani (9th century mathematician and astronomer) Khwaju Kermani (14th century poet from the 14th century) Shah Nimatullah Wali (14th century Sufi Master and poet) Ganj Ali Khan (16th century Kurdish governor of Kerman. Mirza Reza Kermani (Iranian revolutionary who assassinated the Shah of Persia) Qasem Soleimani (Commander of the Qods Force, a division of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Mohammad Javad Bahonar (the Prime minister of Iran from 15 to 30 August 1981 when he was assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq) Mohammad-Reza Bahonar (the conservative First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran) Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi (the former Iranian minister of Science and Technology and Mathematics full professor) Majid Namjoo (Iranian politician who was the Minister of Energy in the 9th government) Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi Houshang Moradi Kermani (writer) Keikhosrow Shahrokh Peyman Soltani, conductor of Melal Orchestra Saeed Nafisi (writer) Arash Borhani (soccer player) Zahra Nemati (paralympic archery gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics2016 Summer Paralympics2020 Summer Paralympics) Roohollah Khaleghi Ali Movahedi-Kermani Mahnaz Afkhami (women's rights activist ) Ahmad Madani (Iranian politician, Commander of Iranian Navy (1979)) Javad Nurbakhsh, previous Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order) Ahmadreza Ahmadi Mozzafar Baghai Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi Parviz Shahriari (mathematician, author, translator and political activist) Tahereh Saffarzadeh, poet and writer Gallery Surrounding municipalities