Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 06 Construction work has begun on a new railway linking Iran and Iraq, Iranian state radio announced on Friday.
Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Jan. 06 Construction work has begun on a new railway linking Iran and Iraq, Iranian state radio announced on Friday.
Upon completion, trains will run on the railway between the south-western Iranian city of Khorramshahr and the southern Iraqi city of al-Basra, the report said.
The 51-kilometre-long track stretches 16 km and 35 km into Iranian and Iraqi territory respectively.
The project to set up the railway is a joint venture.
