Iraq can import Iranian electricity without the risk of sanctions for another 30 days, the US State Department said Sunday in extending a key waiver, despite some predictions that the Trump administration would end the exemptions this time. Iraq has secured a series of waivers for power imports since the US reinstated sanctions on Iranian energy exports in November 2018. But the latest two 30-day waivers have been the shortest yet, while others have been 45 to 120 days. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “granted this brief extension of the waiver to allow time for the formation of a credible government,” a State Department […]