“Iran’s gas will be fed into Al-Mansoureh power plant once the pre-startup tests on the pipeline (built to transport natural gas to Iraq) are complete,” an informed Iraqi source, who asked to remain unnamed, told FNA on Saturday. He said the supply of Iranian gas supplies should have already started, and explained that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist operations have caused the delay. “We will be able to receive Iran’s gas more safely due to the efforts of the (Iraqi) armed forces to get rid of the ISIL,” he added. Iran has agreed to export 25 million cubic meters (mcm) per day of gas to Iraq. The 270-kilometer pipeline stretches from the village of Charmaleh, located in Iran’s Western province of Kermanshah, into the town of Naft Shahr on the border with Iraq. The pipeline, which is estimated to earn Iran USD 3.7 billion […]