China gets $13 bln deal to build railway network in Iran

China has signed a contract with an Iranian state-run company to build a railway network in the Islamic republic, the Iran Daily said.

The deal, which is worth of $12.86 billion, is to build a railroad network extending 5,300 kilometers (3,293 miles), and was signed when a Chinese delegation visited Tehran, the Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructure Company said in a posting dated on Monday.

However, it didn't say when the Beijing's team was in the Iranian capital or when work would start.


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They're the world experts in railroad construction. When we visited Venezuela about five years ago, we ran into some Chinese engineers who were building railroads there. They've got lots of new high speed rail in China.

China is the natural choice if you want rail infrastructure in your country. There was some recent talk of using them to build projects here in the USA.