Iranian and Russian officials have held talks in the capital Tehran, discussing a host of issues including the Rasht-Astara railway project, with both sides stressing the need for speeding up the construction of the crucial railway.

Iran’s minister of roads and urban development said a trade contract will be signed for the construction operation of the Rasht-Astara railway project in the coming days.

US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel has expressed Washington's concern over cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in a major railway project, the Rasht-Astara railway. Any steps or any project being undertaken to go around sanctions is something that we of course would find deeply concerning, he told reporters on Wednesday....

Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia have signed an agreement worth $1.6 billion to build the Rasht-Astara railway, a project in northern Iran which will be key to transit of cargo through the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC). The contract was signed on Wednesday in Tehran between Irans Minister of Roads and Urban Development ...

Iran and Russia reached an agreement for the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway super project which is supposed to be built in 3 years. Irans Deputy Transport and Urban Development Minister for Transportation AffairsShahriar Afandizadeh considered the Rasht-Astara railway project as the most important project in the country. He added that ...

Fifteen railway projects in Iran are attracting investments estimated at 3,469,000 billion IRR for 4,343 kilometers, according to Iran's Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC). The development of railway networks domestically and internationally is a top priority of Iran. To this end, the Construction and ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday that the development of cooperation in the North-South transit corridor is one of the significant priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Rasht-Astara railway will be operational in the joint agreement. Amirabdollahian met and held talks today with his Russian counterpart,...

MNA Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan reviewed bilateral relations, stressing the need for implementation of the Rasht-Astara railway. In a phone conversation with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Friday night, President Rouhani stressed the need for efforts to develop and strengthen Tehran-Baku ...

IRNA - Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, pointing to the development of relations between Tehran and Baku, says that his country is supporting Rasht-Astara rail project to complete the North-South Corridor as soon as possible. Shahin Mustafayev said on Wednesday evening at the official ceremony of the launch of Qazvin-Rasht railway,...

MNA Finance for the construction of Rasht-Astara Railway was finalized by the Republic of Azerbaijan. Deputy Islamic Republic of Iran Railways for Transport Economy and Planning Affairs Nourollah Beiranvand made the above remark and revealed the commissioning of modern startups in the railway and said, supply chain of transport services is effective ...

A joint working group in Baku on July 26 will study obstacles to cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan on the financial issues of a project for the construction of Rasht-Astara railway. Irans Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak Ayeen has said that Iranian Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Fakhrieh-Kashan and Azerbaijans Deputy Economy Minister ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans ambassador to Azerbaijan said the two countries are seriously resolved to complete the Rasht-Astara railway project and that they will continue talks on a $500-million loan from Baku to finance the project. Regarding Rasht-Astara railway, both Iran and Azerbaijan are seriously determined to complete (the project), Mohsen Pak-...

Tehran, April 8, IRNA Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said on Friday that Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia would achieve an important communication network by building railway track. According to foreign media reports, Mammadyarov said constructing Rasht-Astara railway network was one of the issues that was discussed during the first tripartite ...

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Rasht, Gilan Prov., Jan 4, IRNA Governor General of Gilan Province, Mohammad-Ali Najafi, said on Sunday that Chinese and Russian businessmen are ready to invest in the project for construction of Rasht-Astara railroad and the bid is on agenda. Najafi made the remarks while inspecting national Rasht-Ghazvin railway project in Roudbar. He said the ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to construct Rasht-Astara railway in joint venture with a Russian financier, a senior railway official announced on Monday. "Rasht-Astara railway will be constructed jointly by Iran and Russia through Russian financing on the basis of the agreement between Tehran and Moscow," Managing Director of Iranian Railroad Organization ...