IRAQ HEADLINES NEWS
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a network of companies led by Iraqi businessman Salim Saeed, accusing them of smuggling Iranian oil under the cover of legitimate Iraqi trade in a scheme worth billions of dollars since 2020. The sanctions also target vessels allegedly involved in covert shipments, as Washington intensifies efforts to dismantle Iran’s so-called “shadow fleet.”
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The first group of PKK members, numbering between 20 and 30, will disarm between July 10 and 12 in Sulaimani province in the Kurdistan Region,” Zagros Hiwa, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) — the PKK’s umbrella group — told the Associated Press (AP).
: AP
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The IAEA has confirmed that its inspectors, who remained in Tehran during the recent military conflict, safely left Iran on Friday and returned to Vienna, as Director General Rafael Grossi emphasized the urgent need to resume monitoring and verification activities in Iran. The announcement follows a Wall Street Journal report that the inspectors were evacuated through Armenia over safety concerns, in coordination with Iranian authorities.
: Reuters
