The “SNN” network quoted the minister as saying, “About 34 kilometers have been handed over to the Russian company to start work.” Sadeq noted that “the Iranian side is making strenuous efforts to complete the purchase of the entire land by the end of the Iranian year (the third ten days of March 2026).”
In mid-May, the Russian Ministry of Transport reported that Russia and Iran had begun survey work to build the “Rasht-Astara” railway section in Iran as part of the “North-South” international transport corridor.
