By John Lee. The Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Dr Mahmoud al-Mashhadani met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara ...

By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul Ghani, held talks in Baghdad on Wednesday with Russian Ambassador Elbrus ...

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has announced that bank lending to the private sector grew by 1.1% in Q1 2025, ...

By John Lee. UAE-based venture capital fund EQIQ has announced a $3-million anchor investment in a new digital banking startup led by Iraqi-American finance veteran Hussain Qaragholi (pictured). The ...

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has directed the advancement of public-private partnerships in Iraq's pharmaceutical sector, with a particular focus on expanding local production ...

By John Lee. The Permanent Technical Committee for Poverty Reduction Policies, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ...

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has inaugurated ten specialised neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) ...

By John Lee. Iraqi currency in circulation fell by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2025, according to a statement from the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). It said money supply fell from IQD 100.5 ...

By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq's gold reserves rose sharply in the first quarter of 2025. A statement from the CBI said gold reserves reached IQD 21.2 trillion [$16.2 billion], an increase of ...

By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has confirmed that six new cities have been 'awarded for execution ...

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has opened two overpasses in the Tobji area of Baghdad's Karkh district, ...

By Noam Raydan and Devorah Margolin, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business ...