Iran has resumed rail services on key routes after repairing sections of track damaged during the war with Israel and the United States, state media said on Monday.

The Israel Defense Forces said the Israeli Air Force bombed key rail sections and bridges in Iran as part of efforts to prevent the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from moving weapon systems. Ahead of the strikes, the Israel Defense Forces warned Iranians to stay away from trains.

Iranian authorities have in recent days begun reconstruction work on bridges, railway lines and other infrastructure hit during nearly 40 days of fighting.

A fragile ceasefire has been in place since Wednesday.

In Iran’s northwestern Azerbaijan region, the director general of the railways said trains had resumed from the city of Tabriz, bound for the capital Tehran and Mashhad in the northeast.

“These trains have resumed service after an interruption of four to five days,” said Alireza Soleimani, according to Iran’s official IRNA news agency. “The Tehran–Tabriz–Van train also left Tehran for Van, Turkey, last night, using rebuilt tracks.”

A railway bridge near the city of Qom, south of Tehran, also reopened on Saturday after reconstruction work which lasted “less than 40 hours,” said Khosrow Samari, deputy governor in Qom province,........

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