Washington rescinds Iraq’s waiver to buy electricity from Iran
The U.S. reportedly 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.
The United States has reportedly ended a waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran, as part of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy against the Islamic Republic.
Reuters on Sunday cited a State Department spokesperson as saying that the decision “ensures we do not allow Iran any degree of economic or financial relief.”
The spokesperson, who was not named, further claimed that Washington’s anti-Iran campaign aims to end the country’s alleged “nuclear threat, curtail its ballistic missile program and stop it from supporting terrorist groups.”
After returning to office in January, Trump restored his “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, which aims to bring Tehran’s oil revenues to zero.
Trump initially launched that campaign in 2018 when he withdrew the U.S. from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal.
In an interview on Friday, the U.S. president claimed that he had sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and proposed to negotiate with Iran on a new deal.
Iran denied receiving the letter, reiterating its position of not negotiating with Washington due to its untrustworthy nature.
“Some foreign governments and domineering figures insist on negotiations, while their goal is not to resolve issues but to exert control and impose their own agendas,” Ayatollah Khamenei said on Saturday, dismissing the idea of negotiation with the U.S.
