Iran inoenderera mberi nekupa zvigadzirwa zvekurima kuAstrakhan. Nezuro wacho, chimwe chitima chakasvika pachiteshi cheKutum, icho chakaunza matani 600 embatatisi dzokutanga kuti dziendeswezve kuMoscow, St. Petersburg, Samara neVolgograd. Zvimwe zvezvigadzirwa zvichasara zvevatengi veAstrakhan. Mazuva mashoma apfuura, chimwe chitima chine miriwo nemichero kubva kuIran chakaburutswa kuKutum.
Muhafu yekutanga yegore, anenge zviuru makumi mashanu ematani emiriwo nemichero kubva kunyika dzenharaunda yeCaspian, pamwe nePakistan neIndia, zvinofanirwa kutakurwa kuburikidza neAstrakhan. Vakuru vematunhu vane chokwadi chekuti mune yazvino geopolitical mamiriro, iyo North-South yepasirese yekufambisa corridor ine mukana wese wekusimudzira budiriro nekuda kwekuwedzera kudiwa kwehunyanzvi hwayo.
“North-South transport corridor iri kuwana imwe budiriro. Astrakhan iri kuwedzera kukosha kubva pakuona kweiyo logistics hub - kutakura zvinhu zvinoenda nesu kuRussia. Zvimwe zvezvinhu zvicharamba zviri pano - pamwe chete nezvigadzirwa zvevarimi veAstrakhan, mimwe mikana inomuka yekuzadza musika wevatengi kubva kunyika dzine hushamwari, "Gurukota reEconomic Development yeAstrakhan Region, Mansur Gadzhiev, ane chokwadi.