Why is the Shalamcheh-Basra railroad so important to Iran and Iraq?

the battle to liberate Shalamcheh was one of the bloodiest batles during the early days of Iraq invasion of Iran, the fact that Iran is building a railroad (no Iraq is not helping much there, despite their much talk). Because it is in Iran's interest to use the new connection to the rest of Iranian railroad system that is in really bad shape and need massive amount of money to modernize it, in order to be able to be part of the new Silk Road, to be ale to bypass the US sanctions and connect Russia and China to Arab countries without having Azerbaijan or Turkey involved.

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