Illegal oil pipeline discovered at Turkish-Iranian border![]() December 10, 2012 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oil smugglers have built a three-kilometer pipeline crossing the Turkish-Iranian border in the eastern province of Hakkari to transfer crude oil to Turkey, Hurriyet Daily News reported. The smugglers’ facility also includes a small refinery and five storage tanks, each with 5,000 liters of capacity, close to the center of the province’s Şemdinli district, officials said. The gendarmerie also found a two-room barracks near the facility, while the Hakkari Governor’s Office said a power generator was discovered. Police and gendarmerie teams disassembled the pipeline while seizing materials and gas before launching a probe into the illegal trade. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |