Iran Gets Soviet OK to Use Its Waterways
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From Reuters
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran and the Soviet Union have signed an agreement allowing Iranian ships to use internal Soviet waterways, Tehran radio said Thursday.
The radio, monitored in Nicosia, said the agreement will let Iranian vessels use the Soviet navigation network through the Caspian Sea, which lies between the two countries. A road transport system involving Iran, the Soviet Union and Bulgaria also is under study, it added.
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