【Key Focus: Iran Transferred 34 Square Kilometers of Land to Russia】
On September 27, 2025, Tehran time, the Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, stated:
Approximately 34 square kilometers of land has been transferred to a Russian company to enable it to start work. As of today, about half of the land has been traded for the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway (the North-South International Transport Corridor (ITC) project) 162 km section. The Iranian side is striving to complete all land transactions before the end of the Iranian year (the third decade of March 2026).
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