After the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the start of the Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran fought its neighbor Iraq for eight years.

The waiver that expired applied to direct electricity imports. It remains unclear whether Iraq will be able to continue to import gas from Iran for its power plants. The US embassy asserted that ...

It remains unclear whether Iraq will be able to continue to import gas from Iran for its power plants. The US embassy asserted that electricity imports from Iran were only four percent of ...

It remains unclear whether Iraq will be able to continue to import gas from Iran for its power plants. The U.S. embassy statement asserted that electricity imports from Iran were only 4% of ...

"On March 8, the US Department of State did not renew the waiver for Iraq to purchase Iranian electricity," the US embassy spokesperson said. The decision "ensures we do not allow Iran any degree of ...

the US Department of State did not renew the waiver for Iraq to purchase Iranian electricity," the US embassy spokesperson said. Also Read: Iraq lodges UN complaint over Israel using its airspace ...

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.