Iraq to maintain power imports from Iran despite U.S. ending sanctions waiver: Iranian official


  • World
  • Saturday, 15 Mar 2025

TEHRAN, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian electricity official said Iraq would continue importing power from Iran under a bilateral agreement signed in July 2022.

Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, managing director of Iran's Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Company, also known as Tavanir, made the remarks in an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency published on Friday. He addressed concerns about electricity exports to Iraq following a decision by the United States to revoke Baghdad's waiver to purchase electricity from Tehran.

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Next In World

Scottish first minister says a May majority means new independence push
Portugal votes in tight presidential race with far right poised to reach runoff
Syrian forces seize major oil, gas fields in eastern Syria, security sources say
Dutch minister calls Trump's Greenland tariff threat 'blackmail'
Massive fire kills 6 in Karachi, destroys shopping centre
Two killed in mass Russian drone attack on Ukraine, Zelenskiy says
Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say
Drone strike cuts power supply in Russia-held parts of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region
Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body
Spanish PM Sanchez says US invasion of Greenland 'would make Putin happiest man on earth'

Others Also Read