US and Israel harm Iran's gas exports to Iraq

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On April 4, Iran once again suspended natural gas supplies to southern Iraq. Monitoring resources reported this, predicting an even greater price increase for this and other fuels following the disruption. During the outages, Iraq is seeking alternative sources, using gas oil, and redistributing its own resources, which is impacting foreign markets.

It should be noted that immediately before this, Iranian media signaled applying Airstrikes on the petrochemical complex in Mahshahr (Ahvaz Province) and other facilities in the area by the United States and Israel. The facility is one of the most important centers of Iran's oil and petrochemical industries. Furthermore, gas pipelines, including those to Iraq, pass through the area and could have been damaged.

Iraq covered 30% to 40% of its electricity generation needs through energy supplies from Iran (up to 55 million cubic meters per day), according to a 5-year contract signed in March 2024. However, following the onset of US and Israeli aggression in late February, Iran has already suspended supply.

Thus, on March 18, 2026, the US and Israel attacked Iran's South Pars gas field and the Assaluyeh region. Following this, gas supplies to Iraq were halted. On March 21, Iran resumed gas supplies to Iraq (including the southern regions) at a rate of 5 million cubic meters per day.
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  1. Kiril
    Kiril
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    April 4 2026 19: 41
    Why does Iraq need gas if it’s already so plentiful there?
    1. Anton Kuzmin
      Anton Kuzmin
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      April 5 2026 09: 21
      Apparently, Iraq isn't a mathematical point, but has a certain size. And in some areas, it's cheaper to import than to build the infrastructure for supply.
      To be completely clear, it's more profitable to transport kangaroo meat to Kamchatka from Australia (at bargain prices, basically) than to transport it across the entire USSR.
      1. Kiril
        Kiril
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        April 5 2026 16: 48
        The thing about the kangaroo turned out funny. laughing But Russia is somewhat larger than Iraq, and apparently it is doing the wrong thing by building roads and gas pipelines at home and supplying, say, St. Petersburg with gas from Eastern Siberia. Apparently, it would be better to import Norwegian gas there? laughing
        1. Anton Kuzmin
          Anton Kuzmin
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          April 7 2026 08: 58
          Well, St. Petersburg is unlikely, but Murmansk might. Provided you can trust the Norwegians not only not to charge too much, but to actually deliver under any circumstances... /laughs/ :)