INSTC Transit Train Enters Iran Along Russia-India Route

A train carrying Russian goods to India crossed into Iran from Sarakhs Border with Turkmenistan late Monday. 
This is the first consignment dispatched from Russia to India via Iran on the International North-South Transportation Corridor, according to Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Qasemi.
“The train, carrying 39 containers, has traveled 3,800 kilometers from Moscow, passed Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on its way, and reached Sarakhs in northeast Iran. The train started its trip from Moscow on June 27,” Qasemi was quoted as saying by News.mrud.ir.
He noted that the transit train set off on its way from Sarakhs on Tuesday.