United States Renews Iraq's Waiver for Iranian Energy Imports for Four Months

MN Iraq News quoted informed sources as saying that the US State Department issued a decision to renew Iraq's sanctions waiver for an additional 120 days to ensure the continued flow of electricity and gas from Iran, at a time when Baghdad is intensifying its efforts to find local and regional alternatives to bridge the chronic deficit in its national grid and avoid popular discontent resulting from power outages.