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

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The United States has ended a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, in line with US President Donald Trump’s policy of exerting “maximum pressure” on Tehran. In ...

This campaign culminated in a Hashd-sponsored attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019, during which the Government of Iraq was missing in action, neglecting to fulfill its Geneva ...

The waiver for Iraq was introduced in 2018, when Washington reimposed sanctions on Tehran after Trump abandoned a nuclear deal with Iran negotiated under Obama. A spokesman for the US embassy in ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces ...

"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 ...