Iran’s oil exports in danger due to rising Ahwaz unrest

Oil pipelines supplying Abadan with crude caught fire on Tuesday night in what some believe was an act of sabotage coinciding with weeks of unrest among Ahwazi Arabs.

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“Disruptions to oil supply in Ahwaz on a scale seen in the Niger Delta will have global economic and political implications. Any major attack on Abadan refinery, which represents over a quarter of Iran’s refining capacity, or export pipelines from Al-Ahwaz’s massive oilfields will hit the country’s oil exports as well as its own fuel supplies. Oil prices will shoot through the roof if the Ahwazi intifada begins to strike at Iran’s oil industry.

British Ahwazi Friendship Society