Tag Archives: Iraq

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announcediran that Iraq’s sanctions waiver for importing electricity from the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue for another four months.

Iraq has yet to inform its regular oil buyers of cuts to its exports, suggesting it is struggling to fully implement an OPEC deal with Russia and other producers on a record supply cut, traders and industry sources said. Less than full compliance by Iraq, as well as by smaller …

The United States will grant a 120-day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister. “In support of the new government the United States will move forward with a …

Iraq has yet to inform its regular oil buyers of cuts to its exports, suggesting it is struggling to fully implement an OPEC deal with Russia and other producers on a record supply cut, traders and industry sources said. Iraq, OPEC’s second largest oil producer, has instructed its biggest company, …

With the U.S.’s patience wearing thin on its dealings with neighboring Iran, endemic corruption still prevalent in both the south of the country and in the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, and enduring political chaos with frequently-changing prime ministers popping up whilst the real power remains with firebrand cleric Moqtada …

The Sartak-Pishta border crossing between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Islamic Republic of Iran was reopened on Mon. after more than two-month hiatus due to the outbreak of the COVID-19.

On Friday Iraq announced the start of implementing the decision of OPEC + to reduce crude oil production by 23 per cent, aiming to stabilise prices in the international markets, DPA International reported. Sources in Basra Oil Company confirmed that it had started the reduction plan on 1 May in …

Today many of the world’s major cities remain under lockdowns while their respective government is implementing work-from-home schemes.

Iran’s non-oil exports to Iraq are reported to have increased by 0.7 percent. For the Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended on March 19), non-oil export to Iraq hit $8.9 billion, according to a deputy with the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO). Tehran Times reports that medicines and medical equipment, plastic …

Following the 2018 unilateral withdrawal of the US from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the reimposition of sanctions against Iran, Washington has been issuing special waivers that permit some countries and companies to conduct business with Tehran. The US Department of State has extended a waiver for Iraq to …