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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. Embassy in Baghdad said Sunday

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al-Sudani on Sunday looked into ways to increase the country’s electricity production, hours after the United States rescinded a key waiver allowing Iraq to import energy from Iran.

Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, a spokesperson for the American embassy in Baghdad said on Sunday. "On March 8, the U.S.

The US refused to renew a 120-day sanctions waiver for Iraq’s energy imports from Iran, raising the prospect of severe electricity shortages in coming months as demand increases with the rising temperatures.