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Iran envoy rejects Russia has withdrawn from Rasht-Astara railway project

siavash — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:35:26 +0000

Iran envoy rejects Russia has withdrawn from Rasht-Astara railway project

TEHRAN (Iran News) Jalali made the remarks in an interview with IRNA, published on Monday. He dismissed the media hype about Russian withdrawal from the mega project, terming it “psychological warfare against Tehran-Moscow ties.”

He underlined that Western countries cannot tolerate the mutual cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Russia.

Elaborating on the latest situation of the Rasht-Astara railway, he said that the Russians have agreed to provide the loan for the project.

The interest on this loan and the duration of the railway line’s construction have been specified, the envoy underscored.

The Russians expect the entire 162-kilometer route of the railway to be made available to their experts for studies, Jalali said.

Given the importance of the project, the Russian side expects the entire land to be acquired first, and then the studies to be completed, he noted.

In May 2023, Iran and Russia signed an agreement worth $1.6 billion to build the Rasht-Astara railway.

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Rasht-Caspian Railway to Be Inaugurated This Week

mahla — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:08:58 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) –It will be launched in a ceremony to be attended by Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokhber, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev, Governor of Astrakhan Oblast Igor Babushkin and the ambassadors of the neighboring countries.

The project will bring considerable benefits to Iran and regional transport networks. Upon operation of this rail project, which is part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), the Persian Gulf will be connected to the Caspian Sea via rail, the website of Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (MRUD) reported.

The 37-kilometer Rasht-Caspian Railway completes the Qazvin-Rasht rail route and connects the city of Rasht to the Caspian Sea.

Located in the northern part of Iran, the primary purpose of the Rasht-Caspian Railway is to enhance connectivity to facilitate transportation and trade links between Iran and the Caspian Sea region northward and to the railway network southward. It provides a more efficient and cost-effective mode of transportation for freight and passengers.

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Emergency Aid Underway to Northern Iran

reporter 1222 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:19:09 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the administrative organizations to mobilize efforts to aid the people in the northern provinces of Iran suffering in heavy snowfall.

In a weekly session of the cabinet on Wednesday, President of Iran ordered the ministries of Roads and Urban Development, Energy, Information and Communications Technology, and Interior to mobilize all their capacities to expedite the aid and rescue service work and relieve the problems caused by the heavy snowfall in the northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran.

The president also assigned Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht as his representative, ordering him to visit the crisis-hit areas in order to address the problems after meetings with the people and local officials.

The spokesperson for Iran’s National Emergency Service said five people have been killed in an avalanche triggered by heavy snow in the province of Gilan.

He added that 2 more people were killed in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province, and 78 others injured due to extreme weather conditions and snow-related incidents across the province.

Rescue teams have been dispatched to a key road north of the country where heavy snowfall has stranded thousands of people.

An official in Iran’s road transportation organization said on Tuesday that all passenger vehicles trapped on the Qazvin-Rasht Highway due to a traffic jam caused by snow would be helped to move from the road by late night.

Earlier reports in the Iranian media suggested that the snowfall and strong winds had dumped one meter of snow on the northernmost parts of the road near Rasht.

Others said the storm had left nearly 100,000 homes and businesses in Rasht, a city of more than 700,000 people, without power while causing outages in telephone and mobile communications.

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Snow covers northwestern Iran

reporter 1222 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:41:16 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Six-meter snow covered the Qarah Bolagh district in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan of Iran, a provincial official said Monday.

The heavy snowfall blocked the Mahabad-Bukan road in the northwestern province for the third day on Monday, Head of Mahabad’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Office Mohsen Khademi said, IRNA reported.

The heavy snow, which began on Saturday in Iran western and northwestern provinces, caused some roadblocks in the region.

The snowstorm has been unprecedented in the region for the past few years, the official said.

Khademi added a number of cars and vehicles belonging to the office, including two snow grinders, which were completely buried under a mound of snow.

The road maintenance team rescued 25 people trapped in the snowstorm along the roads in areas in the province, Khademi said.

The official also said that the weather conditions prevented the emergency services from reaching the cars trapped in the snow.

Also, snowfall continued until Tuesday in the provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran in the north of Iran.

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