Iraq Restarts Natural Gas Imports from Iran
Ministry spokesman Ahmed Musa told a state-run news agency that the restart has allowed authorities to bring generating units back online at the Besmaya and Mansouriya power plants, which had been stalled by the shortage.
The ministry had disclosed on Friday that Iran was halting exports for one week to perform maintenance on its pipeline infrastructure.
Despite possessing massive oil reserves, Iraq remains critically reliant on Iranian gas to power its electrical grid. Supply disruptions occur regularly due to technical malfunctions, maintenance activities, or disagreements over outstanding payment obligations, resulting in severe and extensive blackouts.
Washington has issued Baghdad repeated sanctions waivers to sustain these gas imports since 2018.
However, the U.S. tightened those restrictions in March, eliminating a waiver that permitted Iraq to import electricity directly from Iran, while preserving the exemption for natural gas purchases.
Decades of armed conflict and systemic corruption have left Iraq grappling with persistent electricity deficits, rendering the Iranian supply corridor essential, especially during peak summer demand periods when consumption surges dramatically across the nation.
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