Iran is aggressively attacking the Iraqi government: they refuse to pay us $ 2 billion and invoke US sanctions

Iran's oil minister, Bijan Zangana, on Thursday attacked the Iraqi government, saying that Iraq does not want to pay two billion dollars to Iran for the price of imported gas, in compliance with US sanctions on Tehran.

"We refuse to cooperate to invest small oilfields in the border city of Muhammarah, while they demand joint action in the big fields exclusively, which is opposed," Zangana told a news conference. Our interests.

He added that 'Iraq is not subject to any sanctions and is free to conclude agreements with major oil companies and others, and there are easy ways to help us, but Baghdad is reluctant to help.'
"The issuance of US sanctions made Baghdad strongly committed to the extent of the cancellation of small agreements such as the Kirkuk deal, which we exchange 11 thousand barrels of oil per day," adding that "for years we were exporting Iranian gas to Iraq worth 200 million dollars a month, But the Iraqis are not paying the price since the issuance of Washington sanctions on us, and the amount accumulated today and reached two billion dollars, which Baghdad refuses to pay in accordance with US sanctions.

"The Iraqis have their own perception of interests like any other, and no country is ready to sacrifice for Iran today, including Iraq," Zangana said.

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