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


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.

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