As maritime chokepoints from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea grow increasingly volatile, Iran and China have launched a geopolitical masterstroke: a transcontinental railway that bypasses the high seas and redraws the map of energy and trade. This overland corridor—stretching from Xi’an to Tehran via Turkmenistan—offers more than logistical convenience. It’s a strategic pivot that could elevate Iran from a sanctioned outlier to a central node in Eurasia’s emerging trade architecture

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