INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The first rail transit cargo from Russia to India entered Iran on Tuesday through the Sarakhs border crossing, to officially launch
the eastern section of the North-South railway corridor, IRNA reported.The Russian train was allowed into the Iranian border in a ceremony
attended by First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber along with transport, oil, industry, and agriculture ministers as well as the vice
the Russian transit train left Chekhov station on July 6, traveling 3,800 kilometers through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to enter Iran
Port via sea.The North-South Corridor consists of three route sections, namely East, West, and Middle.Iran and Russia are also cooperating
in the maritime sector to use the Caspian Sea to shorten the transit route from Russia to India.Earlier this week, the Islamic Republic of
Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) announced that it has assigned 300 containers to transport goods between Russia and India.The mentioned
containers have been allocated to execute the first phase of a program for transiting Russian commodities to India via the North-South
containers have been considered for transporting cargos to Russia, and if the demand increases, the number of these containers will increase
