Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that Middle Eastern countries should solve their problems together without relying on external powers. Rouhani said: “No country can claim to be the superior power in this region. “Chabahar will soon become an important commercial hub for Iran,” Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said at the ceremony. Iran has a broader vision of linking the Indian Ocean port with a railway through Zahedan on the Pakistani border up to Mashhad in the northeast. But the project, aimed at facilitating trade with Afghanistan and Central Asia, has been slow to get off the ground.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 03, 2017 16:52 UTC