EghtesadOnline: More than 800,000 tons of commodities have been exported to Central Asia n countries via railroad from Sarakhs Border Terminal in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), registering a 58% surge compared with the corresponding period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Chabahar Free Trade Zone as a strategic point in the world, is the only connecting way between Indian Ocean littoral countries and those of the Central Asia , as well as a part of the Europe, head of the Iranian zone said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council placed the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for the Middle East and Central Asia , on Iran’s list of terrorist groups in response to the US move to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.