Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh accompanied Jahangiri in his visit to the central city of Kashan for launching the stations.
Each of the facilities are equipped with 4 25-megawatt turbo-compressors which were installed within a period of 30 months with IRR11,600b of investment.
The projects were all carried out by Iranian developers.
Once operational, the five stations will bring NIGC's gas delivery capacity to 110 mcm/d from currently 60 mcm/d.