24.08.10 Iran Strategic Focus
Iran inaugurates 560 mile leg of gas pipeline
The Iranian government has announced that the first phase of the $75 million
pipeline intended to deliver natural gas to Pakistan was inaugurated on Monday
24th August.
Iran's First Vice President, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, attended an official ceremony marking the completion of a 560-mile leg of a
pipeline from gas facilities in Asalouyeh to the Pakistani border.
The deal between Tehran and Islamabad was finalised in June, stipulating the
delivery of 750 million c/f of natural gas through the pipeline from the South Pars gas complex in the Persian Gulf.
Source: UPI
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