{"id":3227,"date":"2020-05-09T11:01:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T11:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2020-05-09T11:04:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T11:04:11","slug":"iran-purchases-iraqi-goods-in-exchange-for-exporting-electricity-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iran-purchases-iraqi-goods-in-exchange-for-exporting-electricity-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran purchases Iraqi goods in exchange for exporting electricity, Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The spokesman of the Petroleum Products Exporters Union,  Seyyed Hamid Hosseini announced that Iran purchases Iraqi goods in  exchange for exporting electricity to Iraq.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2-165x107.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Seyyed Hamid Hosseini   <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to ILNA economic correspondent on Saturday, the member of \nthe Chamber of Commerce said Iran will not be able to withdraw the money\n but will be able to use it to purchase goods from Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further explained \u201cIraq imports around 1,500 MW of electricity and\n 30 million cubic meters of gas for power stations from Iran,\u201d adding \nthat Iraqis do not pay us any money for the gas they import and all the \nmoney is now in the account of the Tejarat Bank of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesman of the Union for Exporting Oil Products said &#8220;Following\n the US sanctions, some arrangements have been taken to use the blocked \nmoney in the central bank&#8217;s account in another way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe central bank has announced its readiness to allocate the money to buy goods from Iraq,\u201d Hamid Hosseini added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iraq has always been a customer of more than eighty percent of Iran&#8217;s electricity exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 7, shortly after new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi \nreceived confirmation from parliament, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\n called the new premier and told him that Washington will move forward \nwith a 120-day waiver to allow Iraq to import electricity from Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iraq is still Iran\u2019s most loyal business partner despite hurdles \nimposed by sanctions, protests, the coronavirus crisis, and \u2014 most \nimportantly of all \u2014 the United States\u2019 continuous pressure on Baghdad \nto try to get it to drop out of the deals to buy Iranian electricity and\n gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spokesman of the Petroleum Products Exporters Union, Seyyed Hamid Hosseini announced that Iran purchases Iraqi goods in exchange for exporting electricity to Iraq. 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