The first cargo carried on the Silk Road railway has entered Iran from the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, local officials said. The cargo, including 45 freight wagons, crossed the Incha-Burun border with Turkmenistan into Iran, local officials in the Golestan province said. It followed the signing of a document for cooperation between Iranian ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari said the Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan Railroad is scheduled to be launched within a month.   Shariatmadari said once the three countries railroads are connected, it will transport three million tons of cargo per year. He added that the cargo transportation ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Zarif, Ashton to hold official talks in New York Thursday Senior member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team Abbas Araqchi said Iran?s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will hold official talks in New York Thursday ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Iran-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan railroad will be inaugurated in the Iranian month of Azar (November 22- December 21), Irans President Hassan Rouhani announced. Speaking to reporters on Friday night upon his return from a 5-day tour of Central Asia, President Rouhani also noted that the North-South Corridor will have better conditions ...