An Iranian deputy oil minister and his delegation came under attack in Baghdad Wednesday but were unharmed and able to clinch a gas oil contract, Iraqi and Iranian official sources said.
An Iranian deputy oil minister and his delegation came under attack in
Baghdad
Wednesday but were unharmed and able to clinch a gas oil contract, Iraqi and
Iranian official sources said.
Attacks on energy-related targets are common in
Iraq
, but
it may be the first time top oil delegates from neighboring
Iran
have
been caught in such an incident.
"An Iranian delegation headed by Mr. Ali Zeighami [deputy oil minister in
charge of refining] that came for the dialogue to export fuel to Iraq" was
shot at by gunmen on his way to the electricity ministry, the Iranian oil
ministry's news agency, Shana, said on its website.
A spokesman for the Iraqi electricity ministry confirmed the attack on the
delegation led by Zeighami, who is also managing director of the National
Iranian Oil Refining And Distribution Co.
The Iranians, who were unharmed, were later able to sign a contract with the
Iraqi electricity ministry for the supply 1.5 million liters of gasoil a day,
the Iraqi spokesman said.
The supplied gasoil will be enough to fuel 250 megawatts, he said.
Iran
last
year started exporting refined products, including to
Iraq
,
after boosting its capacity in response to sanctions against its downstream
sector.
Iraq
hosts
militants from a group seeking the overthrow of
Iran
's
Islamic regime, the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization, though there are no
allegations so far that they could have been involved.
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