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Iran secures key gas transit route through Turkmenistan-Turkey deal - analysis

Iran has also been investing in a north-south economic corridor that will link the Caucasus and Russia with the Persian Gulf.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Oil pump on background of flag of Iran.
Oil pump on background of flag of Iran.

Iran begins Turkmenistan-to-Turkey gas transit, boosting regional ties

Turkmenistan to supply Turkey with gas via Iran in a new strategic deal.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
An Iranian man passes by the oil equipment during the International Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Exhibition in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2023.

New agreement will see Turkmenistan and Iran to supply gas to Iraq through Iranian pipeline

The new 77-mile pipeline, which will be constructed by Iranian companies, will allow Turkmenistan to ship an additional 10 million cubic meters of gas into Iraq through Iran.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Then-Russian ambassador to Japan Mikhail Yurievich Galuzin speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the embassy in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2022.

Is Russia worried about the West’s moves in Central Asia? - analysis

It was assumed that the US leaving Afghanistan would mean that Central Asian countries would assume they have been abandoned to the Russia-China anaconda, but that may be changing.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Cementing ties with Iran’s neighbors - opinion

Despite the differences between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Israel has always understood the political importance of maintaining close relations with both.

MAY 9, 2023
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen meets with Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow in Ashgabat, last month.

Iran shipped ammunition through Caspian Sea to Russia - report

Russia and Iran have deepened their ties amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

APRIL 25, 2023
Iranian ships are seen sailing in the Caspian Sea (Illustrative).

Israel opens first embassy in Turkmenistan, only 17 km. from Iran’s border

Cohen's Turkmen counterpart called the embassy’s opening “historic” and underlined the importance of political and diplomatic interactions with Israel.

APRIL 20, 2023
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurates Israel's new embassy in Turkmenistan, located only 17 km. from the Iranian border, on April 20, 2023