Following the 2021 bilateral agreement for the construction of the Shalamcheh-Basra Railway, today Iran and Iraq transport ministers met to discuss the details of implementing the project. Razak Muhibis Al-Saadawi, Iraq Minister of Transport, at the head of a delegation visited Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash,...

The CEO of the Iran Railway Company has announced that Iran and Iraq have reached an understanding on two issues of resuming the Shalamcheh-Basra railway and the completion of the joint Tehran-Karbala train. Miad Salehi, CEO of Iran's railway company wrote on the social networking website that "during the joint commission of the two countries of ...

ran and Iraq have signed a final and binding agreement on how they will jointly contribute to the construction of a stretch of railway that connects Iranian rail network to the Mediterranean coast in Syria. Irans transportation minister Rostam Qassemi said on Monday that he had inked the agreement on Shalamcheh-Basra railway during his meetings ...

In a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, FM Amir-Abdollahian said that "We are determined that the Shalamcheh-Basra railway will become operational as soon as possible." Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein, at the Foreign Ministry compound in Tehran ...

IRNA - Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Reza Rahmani noted that there is a capacity needed to increase the volume of trade between Iran and Iraq to $20 billion by 2021. At the end of a signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding to establish dispute resolution councils in industrial, mining and commercial centers, Rahmani told reporters ...

Tehran Times - Managing Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said Shalamcheh-Basra railway project will be commenced in the upcoming months, IRNA reported. Shalamcheh-Basra railway route is 32 kilometers long along which a 700-meter bridge is also going to be constructed, Saeed Rasouli said on Monday. According to the ...

FNA - Iranian technicians and engineers are due to complete the Iraqi part of Shalamcheh-Basra railway, an official in the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) said on Sunday. "Since the Iraqis have stated that they cannot afford construction of the railway to Basra, the railway was decided to receive Iran's financing which will be paid back ...

IRNA Launching Shalamcheh-Basra railway is important for increasing exports capacities, adviser to Iran president and secretary of the Supreme Council of Iran's Free Trade, Industrial and Special Economic Zone said. Shalamcheh is a town in Khuzestan Province of Iran near Iraq border and Basra is an important port in southern Iraq. Shalamcheh-Basra ...