China’s Growing Iran Trade Is Moving Overland Through Central Asia

Central Asian states are facilitating a rail shipment of Chinese goods destined for Iran, according to Uzbek railway officials. The precise contents of the freight train are uncertain. The block train, consisting of 55 container cars, crossed from China’s western Xinjiang Province into Kazakhstan on September 7, according to a report published by the Russian news agency Interfax, citing a statement by Uzbekistan’s freight rail operator. The train will also pass through Uzbekistan and Turkmenista