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Iran says it has stopped electricity exports to Iraq

Iran Press TV

Wednesday, 13 August 2025 5:32 PM

Iran's state electricity company Tavanir says it has stopped power exports to neighboring Iraq to be able to respond to rising domestic demand.

Tavanir's head of transmission and foreign trade operations said on Wednesday that Iran's electricity exports had fallen significantly in recent months to reach one-fifth of the country's imports.

Mohammad Allahdad said that Iran is exploring every avenue possible to increase its electricity imports while at the same time cutting exports to neighboring states.

"A bulk of the country's electricity exports, which were previously directed at Iraq under international contracts, have stopped completely these days," Allahdad was quoted as saying by the ILNA news agency.

He said, however, that power exports to Afghanistan were continuing, although he insisted volumes were not significant compared to other export contracts.

"Last night, electricity imported into the country was around 400 megawatts (MW) while only 80 MW was exported," said the official.

Iran has been facing an increasing demand for electricity amid a scorching heatwave that has affected many parts of the country.

Tavanir uses four transmission lines to supply around 1,000 MW per day of electricity to Iraq under a contract it has with the Arab country's Electricity Ministry.

Iraq is also heavily dependent on Iranian supplies of natural gas to its power plants. Estimates show the country relies on Iranian gas and electricity supplies for more than 50% of its total power consumption.

That is why the country has struggled to secure waivers from US sanctions on Iran to be able to meet its growing domestic demand for electricity.

The United States announced in early March that it had revoked a waiver that allowed Iraq to pay for electricity imports from Iran.

Allahdad would not elaborate whether any failure on the Iraqi side to pay for previous electricity supplies from Iran had played a role in Tavanir's recent decision to cut exports to the Arab country.