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Iran, Iraq closing in on deal to build first cross-border railway
Iraq is nearing completion of a deal with Iran to connect the southern port city of Basra with the nearby border town of Shalamjah by rail, according to a statement by the office of Baghdad’s premier. The railway system, which has reportedly been finished on the Iranian side, will offer Tehran a new link to close ally Syria and the wider Mediterranean. “Negotiations with Iran to build a railway system between Basra and Shalamjah has reached its final stages,” the media office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi said in a tweet. The entire project is being overseen by Iran’s Mostafzan Foundation, a government-linked charity specialising in the construction sector.

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