Road 48, unofficially called Karbala Highway, is in
Markazi Province,
Hamedan Province, and
Kermanshah Province in western
Iran
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.
It is very important for Iranian government and Iranian people, since many people go to
Karbala and
Najaf
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
(two Shi'a holy cities) by this road. It reaches the
Khosravi international border crossing with
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
.
runs parallel to the road from
Saveh to
Kurijan with plans to run parallel all the way to the border with Iraq at
Khosravi. It is connected to M40 of the
Arab Mashreq International Road Network.
See also
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road 17
References
External links
Iran road mapon
Young Journalists Club
The Young Journalists Club (YJC) is a news agency in Iran. It was established in 1999 by the political affairs bureau of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمه ...
48
Transportation in Hamadan Province
Transportation in Kermanshah Province
Transportation in Markazi Province
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