Tasnim Iran and Iraq have reached an initial deal to build a long highway that would ease traffic across the border and help boost trade between the two neighboring countries, an official said. Irans Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday that the 354-kilometer highway would connect the city of Mehran on the western ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Minister of Road and Urbanization Abbas Akhoundi underlined the importance of trade exchanges with Iraq, and said the country will complete construction of a highway which will link Iran's Western borders to Iraq soon. "The Mehran four-lane highway to Iraq will be completed by the end of this (Iranian) year (March 20, 2015) ...