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Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Jun 16, 2022

ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images — A picture shows a partial view of the Dhi Qar Combined Cycle Power Plant near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Jan. 20, 2022. — ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images

Iraqi Aqeel Hassan, one of the owners of private electric generators, is pictured on July 17, 2021, at his business in Baghdad's Sadr City.

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Muhammad Jawad Adib

An Iraqi man works at a generator subscription distribution room in Sadr City, east of the capital, Baghdad, on July 2, 2021.

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This picture shows a view of electricity transmission towers, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 18, 2018.

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Sebastian Castelier

Sebastian Castelier

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