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Iran plans to link Chabahar Port to key railway network
In a post on his official X account on Monday, Mehrdad Bazrpash said the strategic north-south Chabahar-Zahedan Railway will be linked to Shahid Beheshti Transit and International Port of Chabahar, IRNA reported.
Back in May, Bazrpash said that India had been developing Chabahar on Iran’s southeastern coast along the Gulf of Oman to facilitate the transfer of goods to Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asian countries as an alternative to the port of Karachi and Gwadar in rival Pakistan. He made those remarks after signing a contract with India to develop the port of Chabahar.
Bazrpash said he had proposed a plan to Indian officials to launch a joint shipping company between Iran and India to expand transit routes in the region, adding, “This proposal will be officially presented soon.”