The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity as part of its "maximum pressure" campaign on the Islamic republic.

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The US Department of State has not renewed the waiver, aligning with President Trump's "maximum pressure campaign" on Iran.

Iran said it would not negotiate under "intimidation", after US President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on Tehran by ending a sanctions waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from its Shi'ite neighbour.

The recent decision by the Trump administration to end a waiver that permitted Iraq to purchase Iranian electricity has sparked a flurry of discussions and

Baghdad is hoping to avoid an electricity crisis when it is no longer able to import energy from Iran after a United States sanctions waiver expires. It is looking to other gas sources and boosting the production of renewable energy,

Iraq has no immediate alternatives to compensate for the energy imported from Iran, which will cause a significant problem in providing enough electricity to meet domestic consumption, especially in the summer,

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” […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Sunday looked into ways to increase the country’s electricity production, hours after the United States rescinded a key waiver allowing Iraq to import energy from Iran.