Iran Press/ Middle East: Al-Araji tweeted that a rail link between Iran and Iraq would soon be established via the Shalamcheh route.
He added: "We need joint efforts to dredge the Shatt al-Arab (Arvand River) to return to sailing and protect the legal rights of Iraq under the 1975 agreement."
Khorramshahr-Shalamcheh railway project (17 km long) was commissioned in 2011, and its continuation to the city of Basra, 7 km long, has been interrupted and remains on Iraqi soil for various reasons, including ISIS's invasion of Iraq in 2014.
Simultaneously with the completion of the remaining 4 km of the line, the Khorramshahr railway will be connected to the Iraqi national railway, and through this route, a large flow of trade exchanges and passenger movement from Iran to the Middle East will be established.
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