DUBAI, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Two explosions along Iran's main south-north gas pipeline network on Wednesday were caused by sabotage, the Regime oil minister told state TV, without naming any suspects.
Authorities also denied reports that the incident caused gas cuts to industries and offices in some provinces, state media reported.
"This terrorist act of sabotage occurred at 1 a.m. (9.30 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday morning in the network of national gas transmission pipelines in two regions of the country," Minister Javad Owji said.
Owji pointed to a similar incident which took place in 2011, which he said was an act of sabotage that caused temporary gas outages in four different regions in the country.
While such attacks are rare in Iran, Arab(minority)t militants in Iran claimed in 2017 that they had blown up two oil pipelines in coordinated attacks in the country's western Khuzestan province.

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