The goal of these projects is to make the country more self-sufficient and also help it orient its economy toward Russia, China and also toward India and other states.
Siemens ER24PC 1637 "IranRunner" of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways with the night train from Shiraz to Tehran outside of Shiraz, Iran(photo credit: KABELLEGER/DAVID GUBLER/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
