Political news from Iraq in English, including government decisions, parliament, Baghdad-Erbil relations, parties, elections and diplomatic developments.
DiyalaDiyala Provincial Council said the security plan prepared for Eid al-Adha has gone into effect. The plan is based on six priorities and focuses on protecting places of wo…
BaghdadIraqi Prime Minister Ali Zaydi visited Mar Youssef Church in Baghdad’s Mansour district and met with Chaldean Church Patriarch Yunanis III Nona. Zaydi congratulated Nona…
BaghdadThe Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Finance and Economy said it deposited 50 billion dinars with Baghdad as part of half of May’s non-oil revenues. The minis…
BaghdadThe Interior Ministry’s lower content commission said today it has launched legal action against Ala Hussein Alwan and his wife, Zehra Talip Hadi. The case is being handl…
IraqSeven women and 12 children who spent years in Syria and were identified as linked to ISIS have returned to Australia, arriving in Melbourne and Sydney via Qatar after le…
IraqIraq’s Ministry of Defense has denied claims that Major General Samir Mohammed Abdul Duleymi was nominated for the post of defense minister. The ministry said the inform…
BaghdadMazer Mohammed Saleh, financial adviser to the Iraqi prime minister, said diversifying the country’s foreign currency reserves within a balanced investment portfolio is a…
BaghdadIraqi President Nizar Amidi received an official invitation to Tehran during a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The two leaders discussed bilateral re…
BaghdadIraqi politician and former lawmaker Hidayet Molla was released after all cases against him were concluded, following two and a half months in prison. Molla said the step…
BaghdadLocal markets in Baghdad announced today the prices of domestic and foreign gold. The selling price of one mithqal of 21-karat Iraqi gold was 935,000 dinars, while the b…
IraqJudge Fayik Zeydan said in a speech at a graduation ceremony held at the American University that the hardest decisions require not only legal knowledge, but also honesty…
ErbilKurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Syrian Democratic Forces commander Mazlum Abdi in Erbil on Tuesday morning. The meeting took place in the Kurdistan…
BaghdadElectricity Minister Ali Saadi Wahib has ordered ministry teams to implement urgent technical and field measures in response to rising summer demand and limits on importe…
BaghdadPolitical sources say five armed groups in Iraq are preparing to lay down their weapons and hand them over to Iraqi authorities. The move is intended to answer U.S. condi…
IraqIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it shot down an MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle during a U.S. attack on southern Iran. The Guard said the target was hit after …
IraqIndirect talks between Iran and the United States have focused on the release of about $24 billion in frozen funds. Iran sees the unfreezing of those assets as one of the…
BaghdadBrent crude futures rose about 2% in early Asian trading after US strikes on southern Iran. Brent climbed to $97.56 a barrel, while US crude edged up to $91.25. US Centr…
IraqDisputes over the division of Cabinet posts in Iraq continue to shake political alliances. It was announced that Ahmet Asadi has left the Construction and Development Coa…
IraqU.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that enriched uranium will either be sent directly to the United States for processing and destruction, or destroy…
IraqThe United States has refused to allow Iran’s national team to stay inside the country during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, forcing FIFA to seek an alternative base for the to…
