Iran's gas flow to Turkey falls by 70 percent due to technical malfunction

The flow of natural gas from Iran to Turkey dropped almost 70 percent due to a technical problem on the Iranian side, a press official from Turkey's Energy Ministry said Friday.

"Since yesterday, while there needs to be 27 million cubic meters (950 million cubic feet) coming in, it has fallen to 8.5 million (300 million cubic feet)," Tumay Berkin said. (AP)