Yeraskh
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![Commuter train in Yeraskh after arrival from Yerevan. Due to hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the border is closed and no trains are allowed to pass. This line, the only direct connection between the former USSR and Iran, is now almost out of use](/Images/godic/202502/21/Station_Yeraskh2514.JPG")
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Yeraskh (Armenian:Երասխ, formerly, Arazdayan) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Yeraskh is the last Armenian village at the border with Nakhichevan on what used to be the main road and rail connections between Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan proper. The rail line also was the only direct connection between the former USSR and Iran.