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America renews the extension of Iraq's exemption from sanctions against Iran for four months
  
{Economic: Rat News} The United States of America extended for four months the period of exemption granted to Iraq from sanctions related to dealing with Iran, which Baghdad relies on to import electricity and gas, which began last week, an Iraqi official told AFP on Wednesday.

Under the new exception given by the Joe Biden administration, Iraq will be able to continue importing electricity and gas from its eastern neighbor for an additional four months, that is, until the beginning of next December, as the Iraqi official explained to AFP, preferring to remain anonymous, while Iraq is on the verge of Early parliamentary elections on October 10.

The duration of this exemption is equal to the last granted by the Biden administration in early April, which is the longest period allowed by US law.

Although Iraq is an oil country, it relies heavily on Iran in the field of energy, as it imports a third of its consumer needs of gas and electricity, due to its dilapidated infrastructure, which makes it unable to achieve self-sufficiency to secure the needs of its 40 million people.

Iraq currently produces 16,000 megawatts of electricity, which is much less than its estimated need of 24,000 megawatts, and reaches 30,000 in the summer, while its population may double by 2050, which means an increase in its energy consumption, according to the United Nations.

At the beginning of last month, several Iraqi provinces plunged into darkness in the midst of a blazing summer due to electricity cuts caused by attacks on power distribution lines, and Tehran halted for several days the export of gas that Iraq relies on to operate its power stations, due to Iraq's failure to pay its debts.

Iraq owes Iran more than $6 billion in arrears, which are bills owed by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity. While the exemption enables Iraq to obtain energy from its neighbor without problems, it prevents Baghdad from paying in dollars to the Islamic Republic.

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Shafaq News/ The Executive Director of the Iranian Electricity Management Company announced the suspension of the export of electricity to Iraq.

Mustafa Rajabi Mashhadi explained that the suspension of exports is due to the need to meet the country's needs internally, according to the Iranian Fars Agency.

He added that in the fiscal year ending March 20, 2021, about two thousand megawatts of electricity were exported, but this year, due to local needs, the export volume decreased to 150 megawatts. (This year ends March 20, 2022).

Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while the actual need exceeds 30 thousand megawatts during peak times, according to officials in the sector.

Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity from them by linking its network to the Gulf system, after it had depended on Iran alone during the past years by importing 1,200 megawatts of energy.

Iraq has been suffering from a chronic electricity shortage crisis for decades, as a result of the siege and successive wars; Residents have been protesting for many years against the frequent power cuts, especially in the summer, when the temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius.

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Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Electricity announced, on Tuesday, that Iran has reduced the export of gas to Iraq for the operation of electric stations, indicating that Iraq has not imported electric power from Iran for three months through its transmission lines.

This comes in conjunction with the entry of a severe heat wave into Iraq next week, exceeding 51 degrees Celsius, according to what the weather forecaster, Ahmed Al-Tamimi, expected, during his interview with Shafaq News Agency.

Ministry spokesman Ahmed Moussa said in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, "Yesterday, Iran reduced the export of gas to Iraq to 22 million cubic meters per day to the central region and five million cubic meters per day to the southern region after Iraq imported 47 million cubic meters per day, including 30 One million cubic meters per day for the central region and 17 million cubic meters for the southern region.

He added, "Iran's reduction in its export of these quantities of gas to Iraq for unknown reasons, and the ministry is currently following up the matter with the Iranian side and with the Iranian embassy in Baghdad," stressing that "the reduction in gas exports has affected the rates of electricity production in Iraq and negatively affected the hours of electricity processing." ".

Moussa pointed out that "Iraq has not imported any electrical energy from the Iranian side for three months, and that all Iranian lines are suspended, and we are talking about a national product of electricity only."

The Executive Director of the Iranian Electricity Management Company announced the suspension of the export of electricity to Iraq, to meet the country's needs internally, according to the Iranian Fars Agency.

Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while the actual need exceeds 30 thousand megawatts during peak times, according to officials in the sector.

Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity from them by linking its network to the Gulf system, after it had depended on Iran alone during the past years by importing 1,200 megawatts of energy.

Iraq has been suffering from a chronic electricity shortage crisis for decades, as a result of the siege and successive wars; Residents have been protesting for many years against the frequent power cuts, especially in the summer, when the temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius.

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The Ministry of Electricity announced, on Tuesday, that Iran has reduced the export of gas to Iraq for the operation of electric stations, indicating that Iraq has not imported electric power from Iran for three months through its transmission lines.

This comes in conjunction with the entry of a severe heat wave into Iraq next week, exceeding 51 degrees Celsius, according to what the weather forecaster, Ahmed Al-Tamimi, expected, during his interview with Shafaq News Agency.

Ministry spokesman Ahmed Moussa said in a press interview, "Yesterday, Iran reduced gas exports to Iraq to 22 million cubic meters per day to the central region and five million cubic meters per day to the southern region, after Iraq imported 47 million cubic meters per day, including 30 million. cubic meters per day for the central region and 17 million cubic meters for the southern region.

He added, "Iran's reduction in its export of these quantities of gas to Iraq for unknown reasons, and the ministry is currently following up the matter with the Iranian side and with the Iranian embassy in Baghdad," stressing that "the reduction in gas exports has affected the rates of electricity production in Iraq and negatively affected the hours of electricity processing." ".

Moussa pointed out that "Iraq has not imported any electrical energy from the Iranian side for three months, and that all Iranian lines are suspended, and we are talking about a national product of electricity only."

The Executive Director of the Iranian Electricity Management Company announced the suspension of the export of electricity to Iraq, to meet the country's needs internally, according to the Iranian Fars Agency.

Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while the actual need exceeds 30 thousand megawatts during peak times, according to officials in the sector.

Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity from them by linking its network to the Gulf system, after it had depended on Iran alone during the past years by importing 1,200 megawatts of energy.

Iraq has been suffering from a chronic electricity shortage crisis for decades, as a result of the siege and successive wars; Residents have been protesting for many years against the frequent power cuts, especially in the summer, when the temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius.

 
 
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A spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Moussa, revealed, on Tuesday, that the electric power transmission lines imported from Iran had stopped three months ago.

Moussa said in a statement reported by "RT" and followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "energy transmission lines from Iran have been suspended for three months, and gas emissions have declined from 47 million cubic meters per day to 25 million cubic meters, and we do not know the reasons that led to this. that".

He added, "This decline has caused a shortage of electrical power of up to 2,600 megawatts, and we are communicating with the Iranian embassy in Baghdad and the Iranian Ministry of Energy to find out the reasons for this."

Moussa pointed out that "the Ministry of Electricity is working with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to compensate for what it lost of Iranian gas."

Earlier in the day, the CEO of the Iranian Electricity Management Company, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, announced the suspension of the export of electricity to Iraq.  

 
 
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The Executive Director of the Iranian Electricity Management Company, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, announced the suspension of the export of electricity to Iraq, while citing a new reason not related to the debts owed by Iraq.

"The suspension of exports is due to the necessity of meeting the country's needs internally," Mashhadi said in a statement reported by Iranian media.

He added that "in the fiscal year ending on March 20, 2021, about two thousand megawatts of electricity were exported, but this year, due to local needs, the volume of export decreased to 150 megawatts (the current year ends on March 20, 2022)."

Today, Tuesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein will visit Iran to hold talks with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif.

It is hoped that Hussein will present to the Iranian president an invitation to participate in the security meeting that will be held at the end of this month in the capital, Baghdad, with the presence of a number of countries in the region.

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Let me get this straight, the other day Iran blew up some of the power lines in Iraq and now they want to suspend the electricity to them because of "Internal reasons". If Iraq doesn't see these clowns are in it for themselves and they want complete control of Iraq they are brain washed!! No maybe Iraq will use their own resources and let GE build their grid for them....

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Electricity announces the loss of 2500 megawatts due to the decrease in Iranian gas
  
{Local: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Electricity announced, on Tuesday, that the national system lost 2,500 megawatts of energy and reduced rates of gas supplied to our production stations.


. In a statement, {Al-Furat News} received a copy of it: Raising its rates to unprecedented numbers, with the continuation of periodic and emergency maintenance for all generating
units.This day, the quantity of Iranian gas supplied to the central region was reduced from (30) to (20) million cubic meters per day, as its counterpart supplied to gas stations in the southern region, which also decreased from ( 17) million to (5) million cubic meters per day, causing the national system to lose nearly (2600) megawatts.
And she added, "It has conducted a high and great coordination with the Ministry of Oil to compensate for what the system lost of this gas so that it does not affect the maintenance of the production momentum."
She called on citizens to: "understand what the national system is going through from a war of attrition on its towers through terrorist sabotage acts, in addition to reducing gas quantities that negatively affected the hours of processing."

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Iran's reduction of gas quantities causes a loss of 2,600 megawatts of the total electric power produced in Iraq, while the Iraqi authorities suffer a war of attrition through acts of terrorist sabotage that often lead to power outages for more than 20 hours.
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Electricity of Iraq..a continuous crisis

Electricity of Iraq..a continuous crisis
 Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while it actually needs 30,000

BAGHDAD - Iran's reduction of gas export levels necessary to operate electric power plants in Iraq has deepened the electricity crisis in Mesopotamia, which suffers from exacerbating problems in the sector due to a series of absurd sabotage operations targeting electrical towers and stations.

Iraq announced today, Tuesday, that Iran has reduced the quantities of gas export needed to operate electric power plants to the level of 25 million cubic meters per day, causing a loss of 2,600 megawatts of the country's total electric production capacity.

A press statement by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity stated, "Today, the amount of Iranian gas supplied to gas power stations in central and southern Iraq was reduced from 47 to 25 million cubic meters per day, which caused the national system to lose nearly 2,600 megawatts."

The statement indicated that the Ministry of Electricity coordinated with the Ministry of Oil to compensate for what was lost by the gas system so as not to affect the maintenance of the production momentum.

The Ministry of Electricity called on citizens to understand what the national system is going through from a war of attrition through acts of terrorist sabotage, in addition to reducing gas quantities, which negatively affected the hours of electricity supply.

In the past few months, Iraq has witnessed almost daily operations targeting electric power transmission lines and towers by ISIS, until they exceeded 61 sabotage operations, which negatively affected the supply of homes with electric power.

Since the nineties of the last century, Iraq has adopted the programmed cut-off system for electricity and preparing homes for specific hours per day due to the destruction of electric power production plants after the wars that the country fought and what followed after 2003. 

All successive governments, after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, were unable to rebuild electric power production and distribution stations, although they spent more than $80 billion on the electricity sector since 2003 until now, according to statistics of the current Iraqi government.

Iraq produces 19,000 megawatts of electric power, while the actual need exceeds 30,000 megawatts per day, according to officials in the electricity sector.

Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity by linking its network with the electricity system of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

For years, Iraq has relied on Iran alone to import 1,200 megawatts of electricity, as well as gas to feed local electric power stations.

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Electricity announces the loss of 5,500 megawatts due to the decline in Iranian gas and does not know the reasons
  
{Local: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Electricity announced today, Wednesday, a loss of 5,500 megawatts due to the decline in Iranian gas supplied to production stations in the country.

And the ministry stated in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, that "in light of the efforts of the Ministry of Electricity to create a promising file for electrical energy and diversify its sources to preserve the production that has been achieved, the first of its kind since its establishment, and coinciding with the days of the holy month of Muharram and the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein Peace be upon him, and the full preparations for the fortieth visit, the national system is exposed today, Wednesday, September 1, 2021, to an old and renewed challenge represented by the decline in Iranian gas emissions supplied to production stations in the central and southern regions from (49) million cubic meters per day to (8) million cubic meters, which led To determine the loads of the national system and the loss of approximately (5,500) megawatts of energy without knowing the reasons. 

The statement added: "The ministry, based on its duty and responsibility before the state and citizens, has taken its urgent measures, which include high coordination with the Ministry of Oil to pump additional quantities of alternative fuel in order to compensate for what the system lost from the supplied gas, which could affect the maintenance of the production momentum." 

On a related level, diplomatic contacts are taking place with the Iranian Ministry of Energy and its embassy in the capital, Baghdad, to clarify the conditions that necessitate this decline in front of the Iraqi street, so that the situation can be addressed from our side as far as it concerns us, and all relevant parties will be informed of the latest developments based on the principles of transparency and credibility.

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Iran reveals the reason for reducing gas supplies to Iraq.. It will continue for this date
  
{Economic: Al Furat News} The National Iranian Gas Company said that reducing gas exports to Iraq comes after the agreement with the Iraqi side.

She indicated that the reduction of gas exports to Iraq comes after the agreement with the Iraqi side and will continue for six months.

The Iranian company explained: “The matter has nothing to do with Iraq’s debts to Iran, and the matter was reported to Iraq two weeks ago.”

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity indicated that Iranian gas supplies to the central and southern regions decreased from 49 million to three million cubic meters per day, which threatens a serious shortage of electricity.

The ministry said in a statement that the reduction of Iranian electricity supplies led to the loss of the national electricity network of about 5,500 megawatts.

The ministry said it is in contact with the Iranian Ministry of Energy and the Iranian embassy in Baghdad to clarify the reasons for the reduction.

Areas in Iraq face the risk of a large electricity deficit, in light of a sharp decline in Iran's exports of natural gas to Iraq, which are needed to operate power plants.

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Monday, 6 September 2021 3:29 PM

Baghdad / National News Center

The Ministry of Electricity announced, on Monday, the return of Iranian gas supply to the central regions at 20 million cubic meters per day, while noting that it is still completely cut off in the southern regions.

The official spokesman for the ministry, Ahmed Moussa, said, in a press interview, which was followed by the “National News Center,” that “the continued interruption of gas supply in the southern regions made the systems work on national gas only, which is not sufficient to meet the need.”

Moussa pointed out that "there are understandings with the Iranian Ministry of Energy and the Iranian Energy Company, in addition to the Tehran embassy in Baghdad, which resulted in raising the processing rate from 8 to 20 million cubic meters of gas per day."

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Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Majid Jani confirmed his country's readiness to extend the contract to export gas from Iran to Iraq.

According to the ISNA news agency, the Iranian official said, in a meeting with senior officials in the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, that "our relationship with Iraq is strategic, and regardless of economic relations, we have deep cultural and religious relations, which are very important."

He added: "Our relations with Iraq are strategic relations that go beyond the economic dimension, and we consider them very important."

He pointed out that "the Iraqi side was asked to abide by the current contracts and understandings between the two countries," while expressing Iran's readiness "to study the new offers submitted by the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to extend contracts for gas exports to Iraq."  

 
 
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The Minister of Electricity, Adel Karim, stressed that Iraq is in dire need of importing Iranian gas to meet the country's need for production capacity over a period of 3 years.

Karim said in an interview with "Al-Mada" newspaper, which was reviewed by "Economy News", that "our visit to Kirkuk was under the direct guidance of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to find out the problems experienced by the electrical stations, including the Dibs station, northwest of Kirkuk, and we also studied bottlenecks and problems." Equipment in the districts of Daquq, Debs and production stations.

He added, "The Prime Minister directed the implementation of a 250 megawatt plant of clean energy that relies on solar energy, and we are in the process of allocating the land for the implementation of the project, which will contribute to providing electric power to the province."

The minister pointed out that "51 Al-Taqa towers were attacked, and the Kirkuk governorate's share was 22 attacks." harsh on the people of Kirkuk because of these terrorist acts."

He stressed that "the Kurdistan region is now supplying 800 megawatts to the governorates of Salah al-Din and Nineveh, and this equipment helps to provide electric power to these governorates, as well as there is a contract with the investor Ahmed Ismail, the owner of the Mas Electric Company, as he has supplied Kirkuk with energy four years ago and has financial dues owed by the governorate and the government." We are working to organize work and processing hours for Kirkuk Governorate."

The Minister of Electricity stressed, "Iraq needs 15,000 megawatts over the next three years, and we will continue to import electrical energy from Iran and neighboring countries because gas has become one of the means of energy production, and Iraq needs Iranian gas in the near term...".

 
 
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A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity: We are ready to pay for Iranian gas

Baghdad, November 19, IRNA - Spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, said that the ministry is ready to pay for the gas that was currently purchased from Iran for power stations.

A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, in an interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), confirmed the readiness to pay the current price (current bills) for gas purchased from Iran, explaining that the previous debts belong to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance, and about the current bills there is no problem with payment by the Ministry Iraqi electricity.

This interpretation of the Iraqi official refers to a new agreement that obligates the ministry to pay the bill for gas used for Iraqi power stations to Iran.

Ahmed Moussa explained that Iraq's previous debts to Iran belong to the Ministry of Finance, and that the Ministry of Electricity announced to all parties, including the former government and parliament, and the Iraqi Ministry of Finance, that Iran's debts must be paid.

Moussa explained that several Iraqi delegations discussed with the Iranian side how to repay debts and ways to pay them, including debt installments.

Earlier, a spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity was quoted as saying that the Iraqi government has agreed with Iran on its obligations to pay all debts related to gas and electricity imports from Iran and that it is ready to pay its debts.

Iran recently reduced its gas exports to Iraq from 50 million cubic meters per day to 8 million cubic meters.

Last October 3, Mostafa Ghaleb Mokhief, Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, hosted his Iranian counterpart Ali Saleh Abadi, and the two sides discussed banking cooperation between the two countries and the issue of Iraq's debt repayment to Iran.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed means of cooperation in the banking sector and the payment of Iraq's debts to Iran under a new agreement.

According to officials, the Iraqi government's energy debt to Iran is about $7 billion.

And Iraqi sources reported that the Iraqi government earned more than six billion dollars from oil sales last September alone.

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The spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Al-Abadi, told Al-Sabah: “The Iranian gas problem is still ongoing, as Iran is currently supplying Iraq with quantities of up to 8.5 million cubic meters per day, out of the contracted quantity of 50 million cubic meters per day. In winter, 70 million cubic meters per day in summer.
He added that the ministry will resort, if the issue of the decline continues, to consolidate the process of gas supply, and there are understandings with Qatar and Algeria, and it may be in the government's plan to proceed in this aspect, because the talk about gas is very governing to operate the stations, and the need will remain dominant and urgent for Iranian gas as a result of international contracts and agreements. However, the ministry will seek to diversify its gas sources.
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Shafak News/ The administration of US President Joe Biden decided to extend Iran's exemption from sanctions in the process of selling electricity to Iraq, according to a non-public notification obtained by the "Washington Free Beacon" newspaper, which was submitted to Congress at a time when nuclear talks between the United States and Tehran resumed .

The waiver of sanctions gives Iran another 120 days to sell electricity to Iraq without facing sanctions, an arrangement that brought income to the Iranian regime, according to the American journalist.

The Trump administration set the timeframe for the waiver in an effort to wind down those sales, but the Biden administration renewed them for a maximum of 120 days.

The newspaper quoted the US State Department, as saying, that it had attempted "to deliver the classified portion on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 23 and 24, but due to the closure of the offices of Congress in connection with the Thanksgiving holiday, it was unable to determine the appropriate recipients." Because of this delay, Congress did not receive the information until Monday.

In the notification, the State Department asserts that Iranian electricity sales to Iraq remain "in the national security interests of the United States." According to the exemption, Iraq's failure to reduce its dependence on Iranian electricity "necessitated the United States to waive sanctions to allow for these sales."

 

Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity from them by linking its network to the Gulf system, after it had depended on Iran alone during the past years by importing 1,200 megawatts of energy.

Iraq also intends to import electricity from Jordan and Turkey, in an effort from Baghdad to fill the shortage until building power stations that are able to meet local consumption.

Iraq has been suffering from a chronic electricity shortage crisis for decades, as a result of the siege and successive wars; For many years, residents have protested against frequent power cuts, especially in the summer, when the temperature reaches 50 degrees Celsius.

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An American newspaper reported that the United States decided to extend Iraq's exemption to import electricity from Iran for 120 days, while the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity says that it has not received any notice of this so far.

The Washington Free Beacon reported that the Biden administration had quietly waived sanctions against Iran to allow it to sell electricity to Iraq, according to a non-public notification, which was submitted to Congress as nuclear talks between the United States and Tehran resumed.

The timing of the waiver notice, which was signed on November 19 but not sent to Congress until November 29, the day nuclear negotiations resumed, prompted accusations that the Biden administration was making concessions to Tehran to generate goodwill as the talks aimed to secure the renewal of a copy of the 2015 nuclear deal restarted after a months-long standoff.

During the months-long pause, Tehran increased its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment and the installation of advanced nuclear centrifuges. 

A senior congressional source familiar with the matter said that the delay in referring the waiver to Congress indicates that the administration is sensitive to the idea of threatening sanctions once negotiations resume.

Richard Goldberg, the former director of countering Iran's weapons of mass destruction on Trump's White House National Security Council, told the newspaper that the latest electricity waiver amounted to a "Chanuka's worn-out gift" to Iran.

Goldberg, now a senior advisor to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, added, "This is just another unfortunate example of showing weakness and respect at a time when the United States needs to build influence and project strength. If the concession was to be renewed in Iraq's relations, it should have been sent and announced before it arrived in Vienna." For a long time. It's just a scream of despair."

In turn, spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Moussa, said, "The ministry has not received any official notification to extend the import of electricity from Iran," according to Rudaw.

Moussa believes, "On the basis of this extension, it was built on the fact that Iraq is continuing to diversify its energy sources by exploiting the fuel plan and rehabilitating gas fields, as well as by adopting solar energy projects."

Iran insists that the United States rescind all economic sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, a demand the Biden administration says it is willing to meet. 

The sanctions waiver gives Iran another 120 days to sell electricity to Iraq without facing sanctions, an arrangement that has generated income for Tehran.

The State Department asserts in the waiver that Iranian electricity sales to Iraq remain "in the national security interests of the United States." 

According to the exemption, Iraq's failure to reduce its dependence on Iranian electricity made it necessary for the United States to waive sanctions to enable these sales.

A spokesman for the US State Department confirmed that the waiver was issued, and said it was aimed at helping ensure Iraq's ability to generate energy. 

 
 
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America extends exemption for Iraq from sanctions for importing electricity from Iran
  
{Economic: Al Furat News} An American newspaper said that the United States allowed Iraq to import electricity from Iran for a period of 120 days.

And the Washington Free Beacon reported in a report that "the administration of President Joe Biden has quietly abandoned sanctions imposed on Iran to allow it to sell electricity to Iraq, through a notification submitted to Congress at a time when nuclear talks between the United States and Tehran resumed this week."

The waiver of sanctions gives Iran another 120 days to sell electricity to Iraq without facing sanctions, an arrangement that has brought income to the hard-line regime.

The State Department says in the waiver that Iranian electricity sales to Iraq remain "in the national security interests of the United States." According to the exemption, Iraq failed to reduce its dependence on Iranian electricity, which made it necessary for the United States to waive sanctions to enable these sales.

A State Department spokesperson, speaking only in the background, confirmed that the waiver had been issued and said it was aimed at helping ensure Iraq's ability to generate power. The spokesman did not comment on the timing of the waiver, or whether it was part of an effort to ease nuclear negotiations with Iran.

The spokesman said, "The minister renewed the exemption from sanctions on Iraq's entry into financial transactions related to importing electricity from Iran," noting that "the exemption ensures Iraq's ability to meet its energy needs in the short term while taking steps to reduce its dependence on Iranian energy imports."

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"the exemption ensures Iraq's ability to meet its energy needs in the short term while taking steps to reduce its dependence on Iranian energy imports." According to the exemption, Iraq failed to reduce its dependence on Iranian electricity, which made it necessary for the United States to waive sanctions to enable these sales.

 

Iraq needs to step up their game in reducing it's dependence upon Iranian electricity.

They need to develop internal sources of electrical power - ie: using their natural gas, other countries. :tiphat:

 

 

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 Baghdad: Tariq Al-Araji
The Ministry of Electricity attributed the increase in the hours of programmed cut-off in the city of Baghdad and the provinces during the past few days to the decline in the quantities of gas supplied from the Iranian side, and the completion of periodic maintenance work for a large number of stations and obstetric units, while the staff in the "Baghdad Distribution Company" completed the work of lifting abuses on networks and maintenance. And lighting a number of streets on both sides of Karkh and Rusafa, as part of a major campaign that has entered its second week.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Al-Abadi, told Al-Sabah: "The past few days have witnessed a significant decline in the quantities of gas supplied from the Iranian side to Iraq, which amounted to approximately 8 million standard cubic meters per day, out of the agreed upon amount of 50 million standard cubic feet per day during the winter season, which deprived the system of available energy amounts of up to 3,500 megawatts.
He added that "the other thing that led to an increase in the hours of programmed cut-offs in some areas of the capital and a number of governorates, was conducting periodic maintenance work for a large number of obstetric units, stations and distribution networks, in preparation for peak times and the actual need for energy," stressing that "the Ministry despite these challenges." And others, such as limited financial allocations, are working to make next summer the best for the electricity sector at the level of production and distribution.
In a related development, Al-Abadi confirmed that "the engineering and technical staff in the Rusafa Electricity Distribution Branch of (the General Company for Baghdad Electricity Distribution) carried out their campaigns by lifting abuses and maximizing the fees for collection on the Rusafa side."
And he indicated that "the campaigns included lifting the abuses within the locality (121) in the Fadwa Arab area, and removing the abuses within the shops (143, 123,720), in addition to the collection of wages for consuming electrical energy and cutting off the electricity for those who refrain from paying wages, as well as taking written pledges not to Repeating the transgression in the future, while urging citizens to review the electricity departments to complete the transaction of delivering the electric current to the newly constructed buildings in a legal and fundamental manner and directing them to pay their previous debts.
He explained that "the staff of the General Company on the Karkh side, completed the works of transforming the installation of the media station, the lighting works and the maintenance of the electrical network." Treating the supply sources and maintaining the stalks, as well as maintaining the technical beams in the electrical network of the shops (406, 412, 617, the locality of the Volunteer Regiment Airport, 615, 412, 623, 410, 619, 619).
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After the decline of Iranian gas, the Ministry of Electricity resorts to the five-year plan
  
{Economic: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Electricity announced, on Thursday, its quest for the success of the five-year plan after the decline of Iranian gas, which reached 8.5 million cubic meters.
 

The spokesman for the ministry, Ahmed Al-Abadi, told Al-Furat News that: "The success of the five-year plan needs a number of components, most notably the fuel plan of gas and fuel release and the incomplete fuel plan in the Ministry of Oil."
He stressed, "Work is now underway to exploit it," noting that "if it remains incomplete, we will remain in dire need of the supplied gas and the continuation of its decline will affect the work of the energy system and the supply of energy required for citizens." 
Al-Abadi added, "To expedite the plan, which is to add loads, remove bottlenecks, and rehabilitate the distribution sector, we need material support and money, and indeed, the Ministry of Finance has directed the planning to provide the support that the Ministry of Electricity needs to implement its five-year plan."
 Last Thursday, the Ministry of Electricity announced a loss of 3,400 megawatts due to the decline in the release of Iranian gas supplied to power stations.
And she stated in a statement, that despite the existence of prior agreements with the Islamic Republic of Iran to provide us with 70 million cubic meters of fuel in the summer, and 50 million cubic meters of it in the winter, which fills the actual need, the decline has reached 8.5 One million cubic meters began to negatively affect the work of our stations, causing a decline in production and a loss of approximately 3,400 megawatts.
And the administration of US President Joe Biden decided to extend the deadline for exempting Iraq from the process of purchasing electricity from Iran, according to a non-public notification obtained by the "Washington Free Beacon", which was submitted to Congress.
According to the newspaper, the exemption gives Iraq another 120 days to buy electricity from Iran without facing sanctions, at a time when nuclear talks between the United States and Tehran have resumed.

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Electricity talks about alternative gas platforms for Iranian gas
  
{Economic: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Electricity revealed, on Sunday, alternative gas platforms for Iranian gas.
 

And the ministry's spokesman, Ahmed Al-Abadi, told Al-Furat News that: "If the Iranian gas decline continues, the ministry will have a number of options to establish liquefied gas platforms inside the ports of Iraq."
He pointed out that "the formula in which it is carried out was not specified, it may be through contracting with companies or implemented by local companies, or perhaps Iraq will search for gas-producing countries."
Al-Abadi said, "Since there are many countries, if the gas situation continues and its declines, Iraq may search for gas-exporting countries."

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