It said Iran had stopped supplying Iraq's national grid with 250 megawatts it had previously been sending down a power line from the Iranian province of Kermanshah to neighbouring Diyala province, state television reported.
It said Iran had stopped supplying Iraq's national grid with 250 megawatts it had previously been sending down a power line from the Iranian province of Kermanshah to neighbouring Diyala province, state television reported.
The television report gave no other immediate details of the supply agreement between the two countries or the reason for its suspension by Iran.
One demonstrator was killed and two were wounded on Saturday when police opened fire to disperse a violent protest over power rationing in Iraq's main southern city of Basra.
On Monday, stonethrowers injured 17 police in Nasiriyah, further north, in protest at the lack of electricity for air conditioning and refrigeration in temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius (124 degrees Fahrenheit).