Direct Flights Launched between Tehran, Astrakhan

Direct flights between the Iranian capital of Tehran and the Russian port city of Astrakhan have been recently inaugurated, Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) Valiollah Afkhami Rad said.

The Tehran-Astrakhan direct flights, which started in early May, will lower the costs of bilateral trade with Russia and provide an easier access to the port city for Iranian merchants, Afkhami Rad said, according to the TPO’s public relations department.