Iran/Iraq: Iraq’s Kirkuk Oil Deal with Iran Collapses under US Sanctions

Oct 29, 2018 | Nawzad Mahmoud, Rudaw
View Original

The first shipment of Kirkuk oil arrived in Iran in June 2018 marking the start of a broader agreement between Baghdad and Tehran ensuring Kirkuk oil was no longer shipped abroad via Turkey’s Ceyhan Port. But new US sanctions on Iran have changed everything. One Kirkuk official, who spoke to Rudaw on condition of anonymity, said a decision had been made to halt the export of Kirkuk oil via Iran, but revealed “tankers continue to export oil and might continue to do so until the day the sanctions are imposed.”