Washington ends exemption for Iranian power imports, citing 'maximum pressure' strategy on Iraq - Anadolu Ajansı

The United States has stopped allowing Iraq to buy electricity from Iran, making Iraq’s power problems even worse. This decision is part of the US government’s efforts to put pressure on Iran by cutting off its sources of money.

The foreign minister of Iran denounced Washington for targeting the Iraqi people by revoking the Arab country’s sanctions waiver for importing electricity from Iran.

The U.S. ends a waiver allowing Iraq to buy Iranian electricity, as the Trump administration exerts pressure on Iran while claiming to be willing to negotiate with the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday condemned Washington’s decision to rescind a waiver permitting Iraq to purchase gas from sanction-hit Iran, saying it seeks to deprive Iraq of much-needed electricity as summer approaches.

China should recognise that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of other countries, Manila's foreign ministry said on Monday.