Oil port in SE Iraq; economic capital of the country (5)

I believe the answer is:

basra

(Other definitions for basra that I've seen before include "Iraqi port city" , "Iraqi city; Arabs (anag.)" , "Iraqi port on the Shatt-al-Arab waterway" , "Iraq's main port" , "City in Iraq" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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