Iran opens key motorway to ease traffic in five provinces Thursday, 25 February 2021 1:45 PM
[ Last Update: Thursday, 25 February 2021 1:45 PM ] File photo shows a road sign in the Ghadir Highway, a major motorway that was opened on February 25, 2021 by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has opened a key motorway that encircles the capital Tehran to ease traffic moving from west to the south and from east to the west of the country.
Rouhani attended a virtual inauguration ceremony on Thursday to open the Ghadir Highway, a 158-kilometer ring road that has cost some 70 trillion rials ($280 million) and five years to build.