Parliamentarian warns: Delaying the 2025 budget schedules threatens the progress of service and investment projects.
7-12-2025
Parliamentary Services Committee member Madiha Al-Moussawi confirmed on Saturday that the government’s delay in submitting the amended budget schedules to the House of Representatives is unjustified and directly impacts the implementation of service projects.
Al-Moussawi told Al-Maalouma News Agency that “the delay in the budget Read more…
The Federal Ministry of Finance denies any delay in disbursing dues to companies and contractors.
2025-07-12 06:55
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Ministry of Finance commented on Saturday on statements made by the head of the Contractors Union regarding company dues, while affirming its commitment to disbursing them in accordance with legal procedures.
The ministry stated in a statement Read more…
More than 100 MPs sign to reject the Khor Abdullah Agreement
2025-07-12 05:43
Shafaq News – Baghdad
A member of the Parliamentary Strategic Planning Committee, Amer Abdul Jabbar, announced on Saturday that more than 100 signatures had been collected to reject the Khor Abdullah Agreement.
Abdul-Jabbar said, during a press conference held in Parliament, Read more…
Parliament holds its session with 175 MPs in attendance, and Qastal Zahir takes the constitutional oath.
2025-07-12 05:52
Shafaq News – Baghdad
On Saturday, the House of Representatives held its first session of the second legislative term of the fourth legislative year.
The parliament’s media department said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, “The parliament’s session of the second legislative term of the fourth legislative year was Read more…
The Kurdistan Democratic Party is considering a complete withdrawal from federal institutions and a boycott of elections.
2025-07-12
A source within the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) revealed that the party’s leadership will hold an important meeting next Saturday to discuss several key political issues, including withdrawal from the Iraqi government and parliament, as well as a boycott Read more…
Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 7-11-2025
7-11-2025 Intel Guru Frank26 Trump knows the pace of the Middle East. He knows it’s slower than a snail with broken legs…My president very nicely, very calmly puts the pressure on Sudani and IMO if Sudani does not release the new exchange rate by the end of the month…watch, it [tariffs] should go up to 60%…This is the last thing Sudani wants…Trump…is kicking Sudani in the rear end to move it…America wants to get paid and Donald Trump says it’s time to get paid. If not, Iraq will suffer greatly economically, let alone with the monetary reform. Read more…
A representative calls for a public session to discuss the Khor Abdullah file.
7-11-2025
Information / Baghdad..
Member of Parliament Yasser Iskandar called on Friday for a public session of Parliament to discuss the Khor Abdullah issue, stressing that the creek represents a purely Iraqi geography that cannot be relinquished.
“Khawr Abdullah is a strategic waterway of utmost importance to Iraq’s ports Read more…
Al-Sakini: The government’s silence on Trump is intended to secure a second term.
7-11-2025
Al-Maalouma/Baghdad…
Ibrahim Al-Sakini, a member of the State of Law Coalition, described the government’s silence regarding Trump and the American statements and accusations directed at Iraq as an attempt by Al-Sudani to secure a second term.
Al-Sakini told Al-Maalouma, “The Iraqi government, headed by Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, did not respond to the American statements Read more…
An Iranian parliamentarian accuses the US of using a “nuclear weapon” in bombing the Fordow nuclear facility.
2025-07-11
Iranian parliamentarian and member of the National Security Committee, Abolfazl Zohrehvand, sparked widespread controversy on Thursday (July 10, 2025) after claiming that the United States used a tactical nuclear weapon during its recent bombing of Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility during the Iran-Israel war last month.
In an online interview, Zahrvand said: “We assess that the Americans resorted to Read more…
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Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 7-10-2025
7-10-2025 Newshound Guru Militia Man We’ve yet to see the oil flow and nor have we seen the salaries yet. I believe there is an agreement for the oil and the cost of production they just haven’t exposed it yet. Why? Because all of these things are coming in together and they’re all going to be related to article 12 paragraph C. I think they’re all going to be exposed at the same time. Read more…
German website: Iraq’s financial crisis is due to government extravagance.
7-10-2025
Information: Translation..
A report by the German website BNN IntelliNews confirmed on Thursday that the financial crisis in Iraq reveals the dangers of extravagance in a country whose economy depends on oil production, where the money being counted from abroad is obscene.
The report, Read more…
MP: Withdrawal of the appeal against the Khor Abdullah Agreement was a result of parliamentary pressure.
7-10-2025
Information/Baghdad…
MP Hussein al-Sa’bari confirmed on Thursday that the decision by the Presidency of the Republic and the Prime Minister’s Office to withdraw the appeal against the Khor Abdullah Agreement came in response to pressure from parliamentary forces to restore Read more…
Dhi Qar Council requires shops and restaurants to provide electronic payment devices.
7-10-2025
Al-Maalouma/Dhi Qar..
A member of the Dhi Qar Provincial Council, Ahmed Al-Khafaji, announced today, Thursday, the issuance of an official directive obligating shops and restaurants to activate the electronic payment service.
Al-Khafaji said in an interview with Al-Maalouma Agency, that “the council sent a letter to the governorate office, including obligating all shops to provide Read more…
MP holds government responsible for delay in submitting budget schedules
7-10-2025
Information/Exclusive…
MP Amir Al-Maamouri held the Ministry of Finance and the federal government responsible on Thursday for the delay in submitting the budget tables to the House of Representatives for a vote, stressing that this delay directly impacts Read more…
An American institute sees the need to change the Iranian regime: The matter is different from Iraq.
2025-07-10 04:22
Shafaq News – Special Translation
The American Providence Institute criticized the comparison between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2025, and the idea that “regime change” in Tehran would spark chaos and devolve into a quagmire and endless war, asserting that this theory is “distorted.”
The American Institute explained in a report Read more…
Iranian MP: US bombed Fordow base with tactical nuclear weapon
2025-07-10 05:28
Shafaq News – Tehran
Abolfazl Zohrehvand, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee, said on Thursday that the United States used a tactical nuclear weapon during its bombing of Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, sparking widespread controversy in the country.
In an online interview, he explained that the Fordow facility, located beneath Read more…
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Iran removes IAEA cameras from its nuclear facilities.
2025-07-10
Esmail Kowsari, a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, announced that his country has removed the International Atomic Energy Agency’s surveillance cameras from its nuclear facilities, in implementation of a recent Read more…
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Economist: The US trade balance with Iraq runs a deficit of $5.7 billion annually.
2025-07-10
Economic expert Nabil Al-Marsoumi confirmed today, Thursday (July 10, 2025), that the US trade balance with Iraq has an annual deficit of approximately $5.7 billion.
Al-Marsoumi said in a post on his Facebook account that “Iraq’s commodity exports to the United States amounted to $7.689 billion in 2024, of which $7.643 billion was crude oil, Read more…
Iraqi Dinar Guru opinions 7-9-2025
7-9-2025 Intel Guru Frank26 The United States of America was never going to let Iraq have a powerful exchange rate for [the Iraqi] country while you had Iranian politicians in your country telling [Iraq] what to do. Things are different now… Read more…
Trump: We will impose 30% tariffs on Iraq, Algeria, and Libya.
2025-07-09 08:54
Shafaq News – Washington
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he would impose 30% tariffs on Iraq, Algeria, and Libya.
According to Reuters, Trump issued a series of letters Read more…
