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Two men look at flames after a natural gas pipeline explodes outside the city of Boroujen in the western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, February 14, 2024
IRAN blamed Israeli sabotage today for multiple explosions that damaged an Iranian natural gas pipeline last week.
The “explosion of the gas pipeline was an Israeli plot,” Oil Minister Javad Owji said, according to Iran's state-run Irna news agency. “The enemy intended to disturb gas service in the provinces and put people’s gas distribution at risk.
“The evil action and plot by the enemy was properly managed,” he added.
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