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Traffic jam on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border
A traffic jam was on Sunday on Iranian-Azerbaijani border at Astara checkpoint because of the large number of cars and wanting to cross the border. According to the Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, the reason for this large number of people willing to visit Iran is to visit holy sites in Iran. To resolve the problem, customs work in emergency regime to solve the problem before the end of Monday, promises customs.
According to the agency, during a day 49 buses, 40 cars and more than 3700 people, which is three times higher than the capacity of the village crossed the Astara checkpoint. -02D-
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