Iran/Kurdistan: KRG Holding Back on Signing Oil Deal with Iran

Aug 8, 2016 | Rudaw
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Three months have passed since the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was expected to ink an oil agreement with Iran, but the KRG has yet to make the final commitment and sign the deal. The deal with Tehran would give the KRG access to Iran’s Persian Gulf to ship its crude oil to international markets. Iran made the offer to Kurdish officials after a series of disruptions halted the shipment of Kurdish oil to Turkey’s Ceyhan port on the Mediterranean coast.