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Iran Gas Exports to Turkey Suspended After Pipeline Explosion

© AP Photo / Vahid Salemi, FileThird gas refinery of South Pars gas field in Assalouyeh, Iran
Third gas refinery of South Pars gas field in Assalouyeh, Iran - Sputnik International
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Head of the National Iranian Gas Company said that Iran halted gas deliveries to Turkey after an explosion hit a pipeline between the two countries on Monday night.

A pressure valve is pictured at a natural gas control centre of Turkey's Petroleum and Pipeline Corporation - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW, July 28 (Sputnik) Iran halted gas deliveries to Turkey after an explosion hit a pipeline between the two countries on Monday night, the head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said Tuesday.

"An explosion hit the Iran-Turkey natural gas pipeline in the eastern Turkish province of Agri last night and Iran has stopped gas flow to that country immediately after being informed of the incident," Hamidreza Araghi said, as quoted by the local Fars News Agency.

He added that Iran had suspended supply to Turkey awaiting notification of the cause of the incident.

Iran is Turkey’s second largest natural gas supplier, after Russia. Ankara buys some 10 billion cubic meters of Iranian gas annually, and the country’s total gas consumption amounts to about 50 billion cubic meters.

Until the 2013 ceasefire, the pipeline was a target of frequent attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a political group created to support self-determination for Turkey's Kurds and listed as a terrorist organization by Ankara.

On Saturday, the PKK announced that Ankara “unilaterally terminated" the ceasefire by carrying out airstrikes on the group’s training camps and bases in northern Iraq on Friday.

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