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What Is The Truth about The Iranian Leader's Decision (Ali Khamenei) To Drop Iraq's Electricity Debts For This Year In Honor of Ashura?
A piece of news circulated on social media platforms: "Breaking: Imam Ali Khamenei drops Iraq's electricity debts this year in honor of Ashura."
The Truth:
The news circulated is incorrect, and it was confirmed after reviewing the accounts of the Iranian leader (Ali Khamenei) on social media and his website. We did not find any trace of this statement or the issuance of such a decision.
Also, during the research, starting with the official and semi-official Iranian news websites and reaching the Iraqi and Arab news sites, they also did not publish or share this decision until the moment of writing and publishing this article.
Also, the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity did not announce this decision through its platforms.
In turn, the spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity (Ahmed Moussa) said while contacting him regarding this news that:
"We don't even have debts, we paid off the entire debt as electricity"
He added:
"We are not in debt so far"
The Iraqi Minister of Electricity, "Adel Karim" announced the payment of the Iranian gas dues in July 2022 and said that:
"Iraq paid 1.649 billion dollars to Iran in gas dues"
Confirming that:
"All the previous debts have been paid to Iran, now the payment is made monthly"
