Over 95% of Iran’s Population Covered by Gas Supply Network

More than 95% of Iran’s population are linked to the gas supply network, the oil minister said.
Addressing a weekend ceremony to launch several national projects, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh added that the number of villages connected to the gas grid has increased from 14,000 in 2013 to 35,000 now, which indicates a 2.5-fold increase in the past eight years, the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana reported.
“In view of these measures, 95.1% of Iranians now have access to natural gas, which is a unique figure in the world. Currently, 98.4% of the urban population and 84.6% of the rural population are linked to the gas grid, while in 2013, 95% of the urban 54% of the rural population had access to natural gas,” he said.