Iranian Guard on road to influence

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Oct 2010, 18:31 BST

Updated 10th Oct 2010, 23:54 BST

A COMPANY controlled by Iran's Revolutionary Guard has been given a contract to build a major highway, the latest example of the elite military unit expanding its economic influence.

State media said Khatam al-Anbia, an engineering and construction arm of the Guards, would build the 700 mile road.