region and the automobile industry which is based here have a huge appetite for raw materials but rizza shakuri head of the state run railway for the tehran region says there's an alternative he talks about the eleven thousand kilometers of railway routes that cross to iran and about the same distance again is under construction. our goal is to be moving thirty percent of all freight by rail we're still a long way from that at the moment just over ten percent is travelling by rail if we're going to raise that we have to improve all aspects of our rail infrastructure . in a prison just south of tehran the two most important railway lines in the middle east cross each other one runs from the port of bandar bass on the persian gulf in the south to azerbaijan in the north the other runs east west from afghanistan to iraq the swiss trans invest logistics group wants to invest ferdie million u.s. dollars in the next two and a half years to build the country's most modern freight hub covering an area the size of eighty football fields. we are planning to will dry port you're. like a country. w

to get long distance freight moving faster at lower cost rizza security see israel as the only practical solution but he says iran needs european logistical experience to make this happen that experience is being brought in by private investors. this kind of foreign private investment is a massive help you know we welcome it and would like to see more of it and we're trying to remove hurdles so that things can be done more quickly up till now a prince's traffic of between six hundred and twelve hundred goods wagons a day when the new freight terminal is completed check your e is counting on many times that number. for the latest business news and social media thanks for the company and see you tomorrow. climate change. lucia. isn't it time for. africa.

to get long distance freight moving faster at lower cost rizza security see israel as the only practical solution but he says iran needs european logistical experience to make this happen that experience is being brought in by private investors. this kind of foreign private investment is a massive help you know we welcome it and would like to see more of it and we're trying to remove hurdles so that things can be done more quickly up till now a prince's traffic of between six hundred and twelve hundred goods wagons a day when the new freight terminal is completed check your e is counting on many times that number. for the latest business news still follow us on social media and thanks for the company and see you tomorrow. with. us monday and germany is a strong country. and we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders on some we must overcome it india. going where it's uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mine. on the style of one of them pointed his gun at me and looked like he was getting ready to shoot at me. what she migrates rebuts lights use the ran

to get long distance freight moving faster at lower cost rizza security sees rail as the only practicalsolution but he says iran needs european logistical experience to make this happen that experience is being brought in by private investors about this kind of foreign private investment is a massive help we welcome it and would like to see more of it and we're trying to remove hurdles so that things can be done more quickly up till now a prince's traffic of between six hundred and twelve hundred goods wagons a day when the new fright terminal is completed security is counting on many times that number last year saw a record growth in green energy above all solar cells the international energy agency reports is the first time more generation capacity was added overall coal power the report says renewables will continue to grow strongly with china the u.s. and india being the main driver african countries with their immense potential in solar power are missing from the leading pack ask an expert why in a moment first one of the few examples where a solar hast changed people's lives. in m