Azerbaijan, Baku, Jul.22/ Trend R.Zamanov
Iran's Khoramshahr city in Khuzestan province is going to be connected to Iraqi city of Basra through a railway line in three years, Iranian Railways Company Managing Director Abdol-Ali Saheb-Mohammadi said on Monday.
"Once the project comes on stream Iranian pilgrims can use the railway to go to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala," Saheb-Mohammadi told the ISNA News Agency.
"Iran has constructed its share of railroad to Shalamcheh city which is the Zero Point border station," he said.
"Iraq has not yet started the construction operations due to financial problems," Saheb-Mohammadi said, adding that the Iraqi side is currently doing the preliminary studies.
"Baghdad is hopeful to start the construction operation by next year," Saheb-Mohammadi concluded.