MNA An Iranian delegation has visited Iraq to hold talks on the Shalamcheh-Basra railway and to visit the sites where the construction of the railway is going to take place on Iraqi side of the border. Speaking to reporters on the latest developments regarding the Shalamcheh-Basra railway, which is a major railway that will connect Iran to neighboring ...

Press TV - Iran has announced that the construction of a major railway connecting the country to neighboring Iraq will begin in a few months time. Officials said on Monday that Iran was waiting for the Iraqi side to assign the land needed for the implementation of the 32-kilometer railway connecting the city of Shalamcheh in southwestern Iran to ...

IRNA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says dredging Iran-Iraq border river Arvand and establishing a railroad between the two countries will likely start in early June. In my visit to Iraq, we reached a very important agreement to dredge the Arvand River and that agreement was emphasized by both sides today as well, Rouhani said during a joint ...

MNA Iranian President Rouhani said Monday that connecting the railways of Iran and Iraq is extremely important and it should be carried out. Making the remarks in a meeting with minister, deputies, and managers of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Rouhani maintained that this task is feasible and we will conduct it by the end ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Minister of Road and Urban Development Abbas Akhondi will visit Iraq on Monday afternoon in a bid to pursue a plan to connect the railroad networks of the two neighboring countries. Speaking to reporters in Shalamcheh, a town near the border with Iraq, Akhondi said that the railroad track in Iran will be extended up to Shalamcheh ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi in a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Bayan Baqir Jabr al-Zubaydi in Tehran on Tuesday agreed to pave the way for linking the two countries' railway network in a bid to facilitate transfer of Iranian pilgrims to Iraq's Shiite holy cities. During the meeting in the Iranian ...

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Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA Iran has decided to ease transport of pilgrims to holy shrines and sites of Iraq by connecting its national railway to the neighboring Iraqi counterpart, Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at the end of a cabinet session, Nobakht said according to the decision made by the Iranian ...