Middle East Eye: Iran threat raises fears over Azerbaijan–Turkey pipeline supplying Israel

Published: 2026-03-03 08:34

"An adviser to the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday (March 3) said Tehran would target what he described as the enemies’ oil supply lines and would not allow oil exports from the region to continue," Middle East Eye, a London-based news website, reported.

"The advisor to the commander's statement increases the serious concerns that Iran will target the BP-owned Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which transports crude from Azerbaijan to Israel," the website noted, citing senior Arab sources.

"The Iranian threat to strike 'enemy oil lines’ can only mean the BTC pipeline, as it is a main supplier of crude oil to Israel... The pipeline runs from Azerbaijan through Georgia to Israel via Turkey. Targeting it is within Iran’s close reach, with Azerbaijan being nearest to it," the source told MEE.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News