Iran accelerates the construction of the railway to Russia.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council approved an agreement on the construction of the Rasht-Astra railway. The entire 162 km route was handed over to a Russian company for engineering surveys.
In the last step, the Russian side was provided with the remaining 37 km of plots of land. Iranian engineers will also be involved in the work, which should accelerate the preparation of the project.
The railway will connect the transportation networks of Russia and Iran and become an important part of the international North-South corridor.