Iran resumed the flow of natural gas to Turkey on Monday after an explosion last week damaged part of the pipeline connecting the two countries and cut off supply, Chicago Tribune reported, citing Mehr News.
“The export of Iran’s natural gas to Turkey resumed a few minutes ago after a request by Turkey and after the damaged pipeline was repaired,” the agency reported.
Iran is Turkey’s second-largest gas supplier after Russia, supplying around 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
Iranian security forces have regularly fought rebels from PJAK, which also has bases in the border provinces of neighboring Iraq.
PJAK is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which took up arms in 1984 to fight for an ethnic homeland in southeast Turkey. Both Tehran and Washington have called PJAK a terrorist organization.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Iran resumes gas supply to Turkey
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