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Official: Fighting in Iraq delays Iran gas exports
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_IRAQ_NATURAL_GAS?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTOfficial: Fighting in Iraq delays Iran gas exports
Sep 10, 5:31 AM EDT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The fighting between Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants will delay even further the planned start of Iranian natural gas exports to neighboring Iraq, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying Wednesday.
Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said the pipeline, which is still under construction on the Iraqi side, goes partly through territory now controlled by the Islamic State group.
The extremist group carried out a blitz this summer, seizing much of Iraq's north and west and is now battling with Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, who are trying to take back lost ground.
Pipeline workers, mainly Iranians, have come under attack several times, especially in Iraq's Diyala province, which has disrupted work.
