Part of New Silk Road from China to Iran is complete

This 10,400-km route connects the city of Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province to Tehran. The first freight train from China will arrive in the Iranian capital on February 22, 2016. It will take the train exactly two weeks to reach its destination. On its way from China, the train passes through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The New Silk Road will also include Russia as one of the major partners. On February 6, 2016 a test freight train arrived in Russia’s Kaluga Region from China.
The new route is the first logistical solution offering the delivery of cargo from the Asia Pacific region to the coast of the Persian Gulf.
The high-ranking Iranian official added that Iran is ready to build the railroad further, so it would reach Europe. That way, Tehran would become a key transportation hub between China and the European Union.
On January 23, 2016 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping signed 17 cooperation agreements to strengthen bilateral ties after the two countries set a goal of increasing bilateral trade to $600 billion over the next decade.
When the New Silk Road is ready, the Chinese-led $900 billion infrastructural project will connect the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
Press-release at BRICS information web-site