19 hours ago · The waiver was extended to Iraq as a “key partner” of the US. Since returning to the White House for a second term as US president in January, Trump has reinstated his policy of exerting ...

1 hour ago · Trump first issued the sanctions waiver for Iraq when he began applying "maximum pressure" on Iran during his first administration. The waiver only applied to electricity, where Iraqi reliance on ...

1 day ago · BAGHDAD -- The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, a U.S. official said Sunday. The previous waiver ...

1 day ago · The decision to let Iraq's waiver lapse upon its expiration "ensures we do not allow Iran any degree of economic or financial relief," the spokesperson said, adding that Trump's campaign on Iran ...

1 day ago · The US refused to renew a 120-day sanctions waiver for Iraq’s energy imports from Iran, raising the prospect of severe electricity shortages in coming months as demand increases with the rising temperatures.. The country, Opec’s second-largest oil producer, is not self-sufficient in gas or electricity and relies on Iran to make up part of the shortfall.

1 day ago · The United States has ended a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighboring Iran, in line with President Donald Trump's policy of exerting "maximum pressure" on Tehran.In a statement Sunday, the State Department said the decision not to renew the waiver was made to "ensure we do not allow Iran any degree of economic or financial relief."The move comes two days after ...

1 day ago · (Bloomberg) --The US didn’t renew a waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran, according to a foreign affairs adviser to the Iraqi prime minister.The decision was “regrettable,” Farhad Alaaldin said Sunday. “As a strategic partner, Iraq expected the US authorities to recognize this partnership, particularly since Iraq’s electricity transactions have …

2 days ago · The spokesperson also said that Iraq is constructing a 1,000-megawatt solar project in Basra with France’s TotalEnergies, has agreements with Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power for a 1,000-megawatt ...

1 day ago · The US didn’t renew a waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran as part of an attempt to pressure Tehran economically, Reuters reported.

13 hours ago · Baghdad, Iraq — Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighboring Iran, a spokesperson for the US embassy in Baghdad said Sunday.