Will Iran's electricity cut turn Iraq toward Gulf? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Muhammad Jawad Adib

Muhammad Jawad Adib

Feb 8, 2022

Iraq power — A partial view of the Dhi Qar Combined Cycle Power Plant near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Jan. 20, 2022. — ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images

An Iraqi man works at a generator subscription distribution room in Sadr City, east of the capital, Baghdad, on July 2, 2021.

Iraq invests in clean energy

Salam Zidane

BAGHDAD, IRAQ -OCTOBER 11: Black smoke pours out of the smoke stacks at the Al-Doura power plant in Baghdad, October 11, 2003. The outdated power grid damaged in the war and in months of sabotage is working at 25% of its capacity. Restoring electricity is costing of $5.7 billion , the biggest price tag in the Iraq reconstruction.

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US grants Iraq summer break from Iran electricity sanctions

Ali Hashem

In Doha, reporting on Iran, regional politics, conflict

A municipal worker is lowered after adjusting a solar panel attached to the top of an electricity pylon along the central isle of a main road in Karada district, Baghdad, Iraq, May 24 2008.

Iraq opts for clean energy in ambitious energy reform program

Salam Zidane

Iraq still committed to energy ties with Saudi Arabia, Gulf states despite Iran electricity deal

Omar Sattar