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Iran-Iraq Rail Connection

[Male Announcer]: Rail connections between the Caspian and
Mediterranean seas will be established within the next 5 months. With
the completion of the construction of the Iran-Iraq rail line by the
end of the year rail connections will be established between the
Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea, the nations of Central Asia and
the Caucasus. The project's second phase is the 35 kilometers between
Shalamcheh and Basra, which will be completed within 5 months.

The second and most important phase of the construction of this
line is the crossing of the Arvandrud, which will cost $110 million.
Iranian companies are doing the work. The first phase of this project
is the 50 kilometers from Khorramshahr to Shalamcheh, which is in its
final stages. With the construction of this rail line, in addition to
the establishment of rail connections between Iran, Iraq and Syria,
the transport of goods will begin over this line between the Caspian and
Mediterranean seas.

With the construction of the rail line Iraq will be able to export
its goods to Central Asia and Pakistan.

[Female Announcer (second report)]: The second phase of
construction has begun on the Iran-Iraq rail line, to be completed by
the end of the year, rail connections will be established between the
Mediterranean Sea and the nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia.

The second phase of this project, which began in Iraq, is the 35
kilometers between Shalamcheh and Basra. It will be completed within
five months. This line crosses the Arvandrud and will cost $110
million. Iranian companies are doing the work.

posted by johncgreen@gmail.com @ 10:05 AM