MP Faisal al-Issawi on Friday called on Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to come to the House of Representatives and clarify all options if they were taken on the decision to impose sanctions on Iran, pointing out that Iraq can not lose America and Iran. 

Al-Issawi said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "any decision taken on the position of the US sanctions on Iran, should stem from the interest of Iraq and its people first and foremost," calling on "Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to come to Parliament and clarify the pros and cons and risks on the sanctions resolution The US position on Iran and the position of Iraq in the event of a decision on this subject. "



He added that "the political class and the government to sit down and study all the options and solutions before us," stressing "the need to unify the situation and the dispersion of the decision at a stage may be the most serious in the case of not to deal with it wisely and rationally." 

He added that "the problem of liquid gas imported from Iran is not great because we are able to find alternatives and other outlets easily, but the real problem is electricity, specifically dealing with Iran in hard currency because the decision does not talk about the export of electricity or import, but the entry of hard currency to Iran, That "there is an international debt on Iraq, part of which is recognized and the other has not been recognized, as the debt reached nearly 200 billion dollars."

He stressed that "there are some countries and international institutions have obtained decisions from international courts need to commit Iraq to pay the debt to them," explaining that "Without the protection of the US funds and Iraqi assets abroad has been placed by the creditor parties and all Iraq's oil exports to four or Five years will all go to pay off debt without entering one dollar for the country. " 

Al-Issawi said that "Iraq can not lose America as an ally and supporter of him and at the same time we do not want to lose Iran, a strong regional state and represents a clear weight in the region as we do not want to be a party or arena for the conflict of poles," explaining that " To wisdom and rationality in dealing with it. "

The White House said Monday that US President Donald Trump had decided not to extend the exemptions granted to some countries from Iran's sanctions, while Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates agreed on interim measures to secure the oil market shortage. 

The United States re-imposed sanctions last November on Iranian oil exports after US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2015 betweenIran and six major powers.