Category: Middle East

  • Iraq opens first large scale solar power plant in Karbala

    Iraq opens first large scale solar power plant in Karbala

    Iraq has inaugurated its first industrial-scale solar plant in Karbala province, southwest of Baghdad, marking a significant step toward diversifying its energy supply. – Iraq opens first large scale solar Safaa Hussein, executive director of the Karbala solar plant, said the project will support the national grid, cut fuel use during peak demand, and reduce…

  • Iran signals resilience amid U.N. sanctions snapback

    Iran signals resilience amid U.N. sanctions snapback

    President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday (Sep. 20) that Iran can overcome any return of sanctions through the U.N. Security Council’s “snapback” mechanism. His comments followed a Security Council vote on Friday, which did not permanently lift sanctions after Britain, France, and Germany initiated a 30-day process citing Tehran’s alleged breaches of the 2015 nuclear…