IRGC Brig. Gen. Abdollahi tours Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 construction site

Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Reconstruction and Development Base Brigadier General Ebadollah Abdollahi (in uniform), touring the Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 construction site on 06FEB15.

An Iranian Safety & Health Expert (HSE) official before a TBM cuter head that's successfully entered a station site, currently under construction.

Group photo of what appear to be Khatam al-Anbiya subway construction workers

What appears to be a phase in the cut-and-cover operation of this section Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 construction site

KATO NK 200 series mobile crane employed in the construction of Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2

Photos: Nima Najafzadeh at Tasnim News Agency

Progress: Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2, under construction

Photo progress report for construction of Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2, since last observed here at UOI on 02OCT14.

Above: Massive EPB Shield (NHI Technology) type TBM in use. Reportedly of the 14.5 km long section to be bored, 350 meters are left to be drilled.

Behind section of the EPB Shield (NHI Technology) type TBM, in use at the Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 subterranean construction site.

Tunnel section with prefab wall sections in place

Stacked prefab wall sections, staged for placement

German-made Schöma tunnel work train, Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2

Outside view of tunnel outlet, Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2

Section before what is believed to Shariati station, Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2

Structure taking shape for what is believed to be Shariati station

Iranian workmen tending rebar grid section for construction of facade, believed to be Shariati station

Map of envisioned Mashhad Urban Railway (Line 2 in blue)

Photos: Mohammad Zaernia at news.mashhad.ir

Khatam al-Anbiya's progress at Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2

A massive tunnel boring machine (TBM) enters section of Shariati station construction site of Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2. Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (KAA)-- associated with the IRGC-- claims this segment of the Line 2 project is being performed ahead of schedule.

Detail of TBM at Shariati station construction site, managed by Khatam al-Anbiya ("Seal of the Prophets") Construction Headquarters. KAA is subject to sanctions by the United States, European Union and UNSC resolution.

TLB seen from a farther distance as it achieves breakthrough at Shariati station construction site 

Shariati station construction site seen prior to breakthrough by TBM 

Recent tour by IRI President Rouhani of Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 construction effort

Iranian Safety & Health Expert (HSE) workers before a German-made Schöma tunnel work train

Photos: Jafar Kaboutari at Mehr News Agency and Mahmoud Hosseini at Tasnim News Agency

Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 tunnel boring, under construction

Iranian construction workers pose before tunnel boring machine's successfil subteranean breach for Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2.

Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 tunnel access immediately pror to successful boring

Mashhad Urban Railway Line 2 will be a conventional heavy metro, running north-south for 14 km between Koohsangi and Tabarsi with 12 stations.  [source: Wikipedia]

Photos: Moshen Esmaeil Zaheh at Iranian Students' News Agency