Now America banned Iraq
After Donald Trump became President, the US is making a huge cut on foreign aid programs. Meanwhile, the Trump government has refused to renew the exemption given to Iraq in restrictions, under which Iraq was allowed to buy power from Iran without violating US sanctions. The US embassy issued a statement on Sunday informing about this. The statement said that the period of this exemption ended on Saturday and the US State Department did not approve of renewal.
The decision is part of the US President Donald Trump’s maximum pressure on Iran, which is aimed at ending Iran’s nuclear threat, preventing its ballistic missile program and preventing it from supporting terrorist groups. The US Embassy said that the Iraqi government urges that it should end its dependence on Iranian energy sources as soon as possible and welcome the Iraqi Prime Minister’s commitment to achieve independence in the energy sector.
Electricity crisis in Iraq
However, Iraq has sufficient assets of oil and gas, but has been facing power crisis for decades due to war, corruption and mismanagement. Iraq imports gas and electricity from Iran to meet its electricity needs. As a result, power cuts in Iraq have become a common problem, especially in the summer months. Many Iraqis have to depend on the diesel generator or live in a temperature of more than 50 ° C.
Exemption
The US embassy statement said that the power imported from Iran is only 4 percent of Iraq’s total power consumption. However, an Iraq official said Iraq gets about 8,000 MW of power from Iran -imported gas -operated power plants, while 500 MW power is directly imported from Iran. With the end of this exemption, Iraq may face a huge reduction of electricity from these sources. (input language)
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