Article: “Trump cancels US exemption for Iraq to import electricity and gas from Iran” Quote: “US President Donald Trump canceled, on Wednesday, the exemption granted to Iraq to import electricity and gas from Iran, as part of the new package of sanctions on Iran…It also includes taking immediate steps, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and other relevant agencies, to ensure that Iran does not use the Iraqi financial system to evade or circumvent sanctions, and that the Gulf States are not used as a transshipment point to evade sanctions“
