Iraqi PM adviser says US keeps Iran gas waiver

CAIRO - The Iraqi prime minister's foreign affairs adviser, Farhad Alaaeldin, told a local Iraqi TV channel on Wednesday that the waiver guaranteed by the United States on importing Iranian gas has not been revoked and is still in effect.

The exemption on imported power, though, has been cancelled, Alaaeldin said.

Alaaeldin said most Iraqi power plants run on gas from Iran, with 43% of Iraq's electricity generated by the gas imported from its neighbour to the east.

Still, the US was encouraging Iraq to secure gas from other sources, Alaaeldin said.

"The American administration says ... diversify your import sources. Go to other countries."