President Hassan Rouhani on 17 March inaugurated two new refineries to process the output from the South Pars gas field’s phases 13 and 22-24. This takes the total number of phases launched in the past few years to 15.In a pointed remark aimed at domestic critics of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, Rouhani said: “Without the JCPOA, opening 15 phases of South Pars in such a short time would have been impossible”.
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