Iran and Pakistan Sign Pipeline Deal
ISLAMABAD—Iran and Pakistan signed a deal in Turkey on Tuesday paving the way for construction to start on a much-delayed natural-gas pipeline connecting the two nations in a move that has been opposed by Washington as undermining sanctions efforts against Tehran.
Pakistan has argued the pipeline, which will connect Iran’s South Pars gas field with Pakistan’s Baluchistan and Sindh provinces, is crucial to averting a growing energy crisis that is already causing severe electricity shortages.
“It’s in our legitimate economic interests,” said Abdul Basit, a foreign ministry spokesman.
