The United States is inclined to extend the waiver to Iraq to continue importing electricity and natural gas to Iran, which are vital to Iraq’s energy needs, three senior Iraqi officials told Associated Press on Monday. Even after the U.S. slapped sanctions on Iran’s energy exports, Iraq continues to import natural gas and electricity from Iran under a special waiver that the United States has regularly extended to Iraq . Major Iraqi power plants are dependent on Iranian natural gas supply, and Iraq also imports electricity from Iran, as Baghdad’s power generation is not enough to ensure domestic supply. The current waiver is set to expire later this week, on February 13. The U.S. Department of State is inclined to extend that waiver for another three months, if Iraq comes up with a plan by the end of this week on how it could cut off its dependence on […]