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It all started along the Iran - Turkmenistan border far from Iran's gas fields. Iran actually imports gas from the Turkmen for that part of Iran . . . .

"Although Iran possesses the world’s second-largest gas reserves after Russia, a lack of infrastructure has forced it to import gas in order to meet its domestic needs, especially in northern Iran near the Turkmen border. Under its current agreement with Turkmenistan, Tehran pays $75 per thousand cubic meters (tcm), roughly half of what Russia pays for Turkmen gas."

"Iran normally exports up to 30 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas to Turkey every day, while importing roughly 23 mcm daily from Turkmenistan. . . .<>The Iranian-Turkmen clash began January 1, when Turkmen gas supplies to Iran abruptly ceased. Originally, Turkmen officials attributed the disruption to technical difficulties, but it quickly became apparent that Ashgabat was disgruntled over the low price that Tehran was paying. The hard-line tactic backfired, however. Instead of rushing to the negotiating table, Iranian leaders responded to the Turkmen action by heaping invective upon Ashgabat, calling the behavior of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s administration 'immoral.'

"The two countries remain at an impasse, with Turkmenistan keeping the taps shut, and Iran refusing to negotiate until after the resumption of exports. The impact of the cut-off has been felt as far away as the EU. To try to compensate for the Turkmen cut-off, Iran severed its own exports to Turkey, which, in turn, found it difficult to meet its supply obligations to Greece.

"On January 27, Iran resumed exports to Turkey, though only at a level roughly 10 percent of that which flowed before the start of the Iranian-Turkmen feud. Meanwhile, experts believe it unlikely that Berdymukhamedov will bend anytime soon in his effort to hike the price Iranians pay for gas. Turkmenistan has succeeded in recent months in wringing higher prices for its gas out of both Russia and China, which on January 21 agreed to pay $195/tcm . . . ."

Turkmenistan cut off gas exports to Iran and left isolated Iranian villages without heat. It was a crisis and Iranians died from the cold. The Iranian gubbermint called the Turkmen gubbermint immoral

That got me laughing so hard. Muslims killing Muslims like they could care less by withholding natural gas. And in turn being called immoral. As if Islam has the first clue about what is moral and what isn’t. All religions preach the Golden Rule except for Islam. If Islam cannot even get those basics it will get nothing else