India’s Iranian gas: Talk about a non-starter

Along with the possibility of international sanctions hanging over Iran, the future of a 2,600-kilometer pipeline to transport natural gas to India from Iran through Pakistan, which is actively opposed by Washington, has fallen into jeopardy.

While the three regional governments are going through the motions of planning for the US$7 billion project and say it will be unaffected by an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

referral of Iran’s nuclear dossier to the United Nations Security Council, analysts say chances of the pipeline being built are now remote.

Asia Times