Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, a ...

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, the U.S.

The decision came as part of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” on Iran, which is “designed to end ... Iraq has suffered from decades of electricity shortages because of ...

“The president’s maximum pressure campaign is designed to end Iran’s ... oil and gas wealth, Iraq has suffered from decades of electricity shortages because of war, corruption and ...