Russian Rail Mission in Iran to Examine INSTC’s Missing Link

A Russian delegation of railroad officials met with the head of the Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company of Iran, Kheirollah Khademi, in Tehran on Monday to examine different aspects of Russia’s cooperation in constructing the Rasht-Astara railroad.
Officials from Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, as well as managers, experts, contractors and engineers engaged in the project attended the meeting.
“If the financial resources are provided, Rasht-Astara railroad, which is a missing link along the International North-South Transportation Corridor, will be completed within three to four years,” Khademi added.
The official noted that INSTC links Northern Europe, Scandinavia and Russia, through Iran, to the littoral states of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, adding that the route is the cheapest and fastest transit route connecting these countries.