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Explosions hit Iran natural gas pipeline, officials blame terrorism - MarketWatch

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Explosions hit Iran natural gas pipeline, officials blame terrorism - MarketWatch

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions struck a natural gas pipeline in Iran early Wednesday, with an official blaming the blasts on a “sabotage and terrorist action” in the country as tensions remain high in the Middle East amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Details were scarce, though the blasts hit a natural gas pipeline running from Iran’s western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province up north to cities on the Caspian Sea. The roughly 1,270-kilometer (790-mile) pipeline begins in Asaluyeh, a hub for Iran’s...

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