KTFA : FRANK26: "EXIT STAGE LEFT!!!", 5 APRIL

 KTFA

FRANK26: "EXIT STAGE LEFT!!!".......F26

Iran abandons the Houthis: They won't last long against Trump

4/3/2025

The British newspaper The Telegraph reported on Thursday that Iran has ordered the withdrawal of its military personnel from Yemen, abandoning its Houthi allies amid an escalating US air campaign against the armed group.

According to a senior Iranian official who spoke to the British newspaper, this move aims to avoid a direct confrontation with Washington, noting that Tehran has begun reducing its support for its network of regional proxies to focus on direct threats from Washington.

The source emphasized that "Tehran's main concern now is Trump and how to deal with him," adding that security meetings are focusing entirely on this issue, without addressing the armed groups that Iran previously supported. Since the leaking of conversations between Trump administration officials about the airstrikes, US attacks on the Houthis have intensified almost daily, destroying key military targets and killing several leaders.

Trump described the raids as "incredibly successful," while the US Department of Defense announced the dispatch of more warplanes to the region to bolster military operations.

In this context, the US Army's 124th Combat Wing announced last month the deployment of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft with 300 troops to the Middle East to support operations against the Houthis.

For his part, an Iranian regime source indicated that Tehran now believes the Houthis "will not be able to hold out for long," adding that the group has lost some of the support it relied on from Hezbollah and the Bashar al-Assad regime, making its continued presence illogical.

The Houthis claimed that the US strikes targeted a water administration building in the Mansouriya district of Yemen, though Washington has not officially commented on these allegations.

Trump has stepped up pressure on Iran to return to the negotiating table over its nuclear program, moving B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

LINK

 

TIDBIT FROM SANDY INGRAM, 5 APRIL

 Sandy Ingram 

 In January 2025 Iraq Business News conducted an online survey to gauge expectations regarding a potential revaluation of the Iraqi dinar...

It revealed that among dinar speculators, there was a notable belief that President Trump's return to office might influence the currency's value. 

 Remarkably, over half of the respondents anticipated the Iraqi dinar would revalue by at least 1000x within the first 100 days of Trump's term.  President Trump has neither taken action nor made statements supporting this theory more than two months into this period, despite various unfounded claims circulating 

FIREFLY: HCL Cards and New Exchange Rate!!! @DINARREVALUATION #iraqidinarinvestor #iraq

 

Estimated at $6 billion, the US aims to reduce its trade surplus with Iraq through customs duties, 5 APRIL

  Estimated at $6 billion, the US aims to reduce its trade surplus with Iraq through customs duties.

The United States has imposed tariffs on Iraqi exports as part of an economic policy aimed at narrowing the trade gap between the two countries. This move is part of US President Donald Trump's strategy, which has targeted several countries that have a trade surplus with the United States.

According to economic researcher Ziad Al-Hashemi, "Iraq currently enjoys a trade surplus estimated at approximately $6 billion, most of which stems from oil exports to refineries in Texas and California, which Washington is seeking to reduce by imposing customs duties on Iraqi exports."

Al-Hashemi explained in a blog post followed by the Iraq Observer that the US administration aims to achieve several goals through these tariffs, most notably:

• Reducing Iraq's trade surplus by making its exports to the United States less competitive.
• Encouraging Iraq to increase its imports of American products, which could strengthen trade relations between the two countries for the benefit of American companies.
• Influencing Iraqi economic policy by pushing Baghdad to open its economy more broadly to American investments and companies.

Al-Hashemi emphasized that "Iraq has alternative options if these tariffs continue to be imposed, most notably redirecting its oil exports to other markets, which could negatively impact American companies that rely on Iraqi oil, in addition to the possibility of higher fuel prices in the United States."

He pointed out that "the door to negotiations between Baghdad and Washington remains open, as the Iraqi government seeks solutions to minimize the impact of these tariffs on its economy, emphasizing that Iraq possesses powerful leverage, most notably the importance of its oil in meeting some of the needs of the American market."

The Iraqi economic community is awaiting developments in this crisis, amid fears that US pressure will force Iraq to make economic concessions or increase its reliance on alternative markets to avoid potential losses.  link

JUDY NOTES : Possible Timing, Global Currency Reset!!, 5 APRIL

 JUDY NOTES

Possible Timing, Global Currency Reset

• Thurs. 3 April 2025: EBS Activation complete. Worldwide Black Swan. President Trump will send out five more presidential messages. (clock on Q ticks to Wed. 2 April 11 pm EST). …Steve Bannon on Telegram

• On Tues. 25 March 2025 President Trump activated the new gold/asset-backed Global Quantum Financial System (QFS) powered by XRP.

• Tues. 25 March 2025 Mr. Pool: Reports from Reno suggest that the first batches of ZIM holders have been escorted under military guard to classified exchange points. https://youtube.com/shorts/58vCWW6nF2I?si=dXFLae2cxuwWaOVL

• On Tues. 25 March at 2am EST Tier 3 and T4a Paymasters were made LIQUID. …Mel on BOOM Call  https://youtube.com/shorts/YROMaOM2teU?si=epS3U5ogG6hkA3Ge

• Thurs. 27 March 2025 Bruce: Bond Holder Paymasters were saying Bond Holders would have access to their accounts last weekend. As of ten am Thurs. 27 March 12% of Bond Holders had gone through. Multiple sources said Tier4b (Us, The Internet Group) would likely get notification to set appointments very soon. The full revaluation will happen after Tues. 1 April 2025. The month of April will see an increase in Social Security payments. On Thurs. 27 March the 800 number was being loaded into the various systems.

• On Mon. 31 March 2025 Nesara Gesara was made official throughout the World. …White House Post on Telegram

• On Mon. 31 March 2025 a high level contact reported that Tier4a (SKRs, Groups) started exchanging today Mon. 31 March. They anticipated that Tier4b (Us, the Internet Group) would begin exchanges by around Thurs. 3 April.

AMIEL : BREAKING NEWS INTEL!! : We are at an any moment status for release!! @DINARREVALUATION

 

Revealing the date of the 2025 budget tables to arrive in parliament, 4 APRIL

 Baghdad Today – Baghdad

Member of the House of Representatives Adnan Al-Jabri revealed, on Friday (April 4, 2025), the date of the arrival of the current year’s budget tables to Parliament.

Al-Jabri said in an interview with “Baghdad Today” that “the Council of Ministers will discuss budget tables and send them to parliament,” noting that “the House of Representatives will discuss them quickly and will not be delayed until next month to pass and approve them to enter into force.”

He added that “there are important service paragraphs that will be included in the schedules of this budget, and then we demand that they arrive for the purpose of passing them quickly.”

It is noteworthy that the 2025 budget comes within the framework of the tripartite budgets approved for the first time in Iraq within the General Budget Law for the Years (2023-2024-2025), a step aimed at achieving financial stability and overcoming the crisis of annual delay in the approval of budgets.

However, financial schedules need annual updates in line with economic developments, including changes in oil prices, government obligations to the governorates and the Kurdistan Region, and requirements for investment projects.
It seems that the 2025 budget will not go beyond this framework, as amendments are currently being made to some of its paragraphs, which delayed sending its schedules to parliament, despite expectations that there will be no radical changes compared to the past two years.

https://baghdadtoday.news/271349-الكشف-عن-موعد-وصول-جداول-موازنة-2025-الى-البرلمان.html

FIREFLY: Of course there's a rate in it!!, 4 APRIL

 Frank26  

 [Iraq boots-on-the-ground report]  

FIREFLY: Sammy says they are telling everyone on the television that  they have seen the [budget] tables and there is no rate in it.  They are a bunch of liars. 

Of course there's a rate in it.  They are all clowns.  Sudani is hiding this from them. 

 FRANK:   Yes he is.

NOTES FROM ADAM : We are literally around the corner from notifications!! @DINARREVALUATION #iqd

 

Baghdad calls for an urgent meeting to resume negotiations on Kurdistan oil export, 4 APRIL

 Baghdad calls for an urgent meeting to resume negotiations on Kurdistan oil export

The Ministry of Oil issued a statement on Friday on the resumption of exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, while noting that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed that the sale of oil with illegal frameworks is an infringement on the rights of the Iraqi people.

The ministry said in a statement received by (Mawazen News), that “the ministry regrets the publication of a erroneous and misleading statement of the Apicor Association issued on March 28, 2025, which claimed that the ministry expressed its unwillingness to negotiate a solution that meets the contracts concluded between Apicor companies and the Kurdistan Regional Government, as the Ministry of Oil is working to ensure the 

proper application of the amendment to the budget law adopted on February 2, 2025, so that exports can be started through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline as soon as possible,” pointing out that “the amendment of the budget law stipulates that the Federal Ministry of Finance shall compensate the Kurdistan Regional Government for the cost of producing and transporting crude oil to the oil marketing company Iraqi (Sumo) or to the Ministry of Oil.” 

She added that “the budget law also stipulates that the fair estimated costs of production and transportation for each field separately by an international consultant, and that these costs should be used to determine payments from the Federal Ministry of Finance to the Kurdistan Regional Government, while the amendment of the budget law requires the immediate delivery of all production

 in the Kurdistan Region to the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) and the Federal Ministry of Oil, with the application of a temporary compensation mechanism to pay payments to the Kurdistan Regional Government during the international consultant’s work,” noting that “the Government of Iraq has taken concrete and serious steps to prove its good faith in negotiations and ensure the resumption of oil exports through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP) quickly and responsibility, and has worked continuously in a way that ensures and serves the national interest of the country, and has made great efforts to preserve Iraq’s resources and implement legal and sustainable solutions.” 

She explained that “Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed that the sale of oil with illegal frameworks outside the responsibility of Sumo and the mechanisms for its sale is an infringement on the rights of the Iraqi people, and he also publicly defended the recent amendments to the general budget law; which were approved through a legitimate democratic mechanism; to enhance transparency and governance of the management of oil resources, and the government at the highest levels engaged to find a just solution to this issue,” 

noting that “the main challenge in these negotiations is that every time progress is made through a certain agreement, non-positive steps are taken; but it is not by the Iraqi government, as unrealistic and extra-legal demands hinder progress towards A final settlement, especially with the emergence of new complications that contradict previous agreements.”

 The ministry stressed that “such demands do not serve constructive negotiations based on good faith, and reaching an agreed solution as soon as possible is crucial to stop non-orthal and illegal sales and to preserve the wealth of the Iraqi people,” adding that “the Iraqi government is committed to protecting the interests of all parties and in a way that provides the supreme national interest, including the interests of international oil companies, in accordance with the laws in force and agreements concluded, and is dedicated to providing an attractive investment environment that supports economic development and ensures a just and sustainable solution that serves all.” 

The ministry called for “an urgent meeting with the concerned parties to resume negotiations and dialogue; provided that the negotiation is subject to the amended budget law, and to reach a clear working mechanism that preserves Iraq’s rights and guarantees its obligations towards investors,” pointing out that “the main objective is to resume the export of oil through the pipeline immediately, safely and legitimately, while ensuring the rule of law and protecting national resources from any illegal exploitation.”

https://mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=260546

EXCERPTS FROM MARKZ, 5 APRIL

 EXCERPTS FROM MARKZ

Member: Waiting on this RV is making my hair gray..lol

MZ: Got a report from redemption and wealth management folks …..they are working this weekend. But only a half day on Sunday…..not on Saturday 

Member: MarkZ... I have close contacts in Japan and South Africa who are rumored to getting 4B Notifications starting today. Wealth Managers are calling in people and Paymasters. Their procedures are in play…hope it’s true. 

MZ: Perhaps something is afoot. My last update is for groups to start taking in 4b somewhere around Tuesday …Things have been difficult for all of us right now….. News has been all up and down like a yo-yo.

REPORT FROM MR SALVAGE The pentecostal group leader Betzabe report they are liquid !#iqd

 

Parliamentary Oil Member: Meeting with the Region is a positive step to break the export stalemate, 4 APRIL

 Parliamentary Oil Member: Meeting with the Region is a positive step to break the export stalemate

 Zainab Al-Moussawi, a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, confirmed that the Ministry of Oil’s invitation to hold an urgent meeting with representatives from the region is a positive step towards breaking the deadlock in the region’s oil export file.

Al-Moussawi explained in a statement to {Euphrates News} agency, that “the success of the meeting in reaching an understanding formula depends on several factors, including political intention,” noting that “if there is a real will on both parties (Baghdad and Erbil) to resolve differences, the chances of reaching an agreement become greater.”

Al-Moussawi touched on “controversial points such as export mechanisms, the region’s financial share of the budget, and supervision of export and revenues, stressing that if these essential points are understood, this may pave the way for the resumption of exports.”

Al-Moussawi pointed to “internal and international pressures, explaining that there is great economic pressure due to the suspension of exports, and this may contribute to pushing the parties to make concessions.”

It also pointed to “the importance of having mediation or international support, indicating that sometimes international parties (such as foreign oil companies or countries concerned with the oil market) intervene as factors that help to bring views closer.”

Al-Moussawi concluded her statement by saying that “the meeting may contribute to reaching an understanding, but it is not a guarantee in itself, stressing that the result depends on whether there is an actual willingness to resolve differences and make mutual concessions.”

https://alforatnews.iq/news/عضو-بالنفط-النيابية-الاجتماع-مع-الإقليم-خطوة-إيجابية-لكسر-جمود-التصدير

Coffee with MarkZ and Mr. Cottrell. 04/04/2025

 Coffee with MarkZ and Mr. Cottrell. 04/04/2025

Apr 4

Coffee with MarkZ and Mr. Cottrell. 04/04/2025

MarkZ  Update- Some highlights by PDK-Not verbatim

MarkZ Disclaimer: Please consider everything on this call as my opinion. People who take notes do not catch everything and its best to watch the video so that you get everything in context.  Be sure to consult a professional for any financial decisions

Member: TGIF…welcome to a weekend

Member: Good Morning…..Praying for some tangible progress today Mark. Give it to us!!!

Member: Waiting on this RV is making my hair gray..lol

MZ: Got a report from redemption and wealth management folks …..they are working this weekend. But only a half day on Sunday…..not on Saturday 

Member: MarkZ... I have close contacts in Japan and South Africa who are rumored to getting 4B Notifications starting today. Wealth Managers are calling in people and Paymasters. Their procedures are in play…hope it’s true. 

MZ: Perhaps something is afoot. My last update is for groups to start taking in 4b somewhere around Tuesday …Things have been difficult for all of us right now….. News has been all up and down like a yo-yo.

Member: I wonder where we are with the bondholders ?

MZ: Here is a big one for you.  “ASYCUDA representative to Rudaw: Iraq has completed the automation of 18 border crossings”  We were told they would secure their financial borders right before we went. They now have secure borders and I think this is an important piece. 

MZ: “ APIKUR urges swift resumption of Kurdistan Region oil exports”  they desperately want that il to start flowing and are waiting on the rest of the arrangements to be made. 

Member: It’s always something over there….sigh

MZ: I am hearing they are (once again) very close. I am hearing they hope to sign everything on Sunday for oil to start flowing Monday morning. 

MZ: “Al-Asadi: A 100% Iraqi company will manage the development road project and be linked directly to the Prime Minister”  I love this one….All about sovereignty.  These huge projects will be managed and run by Iraqis. 

MZ: “ Free Iraq from Iran act: US legislative efforts to curb Iranian influence”  US representative Joe Wilson , a Republican from S. Carolina introduced this bill and it is all about making Iraq sovereign and free and stable. 

MZ: “ Investors react to Global selloff as Japan Banks tank”  They were already broken…Many nations have been artificially propping themselves up. 

Member: Dow -1092 so far this morning

Member: I heard Klaus Schwab stepped down from the World Economic Forum. …that’s a BIG DEAL!

Member: I heard Iraq has until April 9th to reset their currency or face 39% tariffs. hmmm

Member: Is anybody else getting frustrated that we are just being stung along with this whole RV process.

Member: This has sure been a long movie. 

MZ: I am ready for our happy ending. 

Member: While Garth Brooks has friends in low places. I have friends who are going places.

Member: This weekend Please Mark!! Let’s make this happen… we all need to think it in….

Member: RV was always said to run east to west. We should hopefully hear something in the U.S. by next week!

Member: If Japan & SA are getting 4B notifications, we should hear something next week? East to West as they always said, right? Fingers crossed

Mod: BREAKING NEWS: MarkZ's WEEKEND email address: Don't Write Me@NeverOnWEEKENDS.Com SERIOUSLY, MARK NEEDS A LITTLE TIME FOR HIMSELF FOR REST AND REC. THANK YOU!!

Member: Enjoy your Friday everyone.

FIREFLY: WHEN THE COM IS FINISHED, ALAQ WILL GIVE US THE RATE!! @DINARREVALUATION #iraqidinar

 

A Sudanese advisor reveals the conditions for using the emergency reserve in the three-year budget and the conditions for disbursement., 4 APRIL

 A Sudanese advisor reveals the conditions for using the emergency reserve in the three-year budget and the conditions for disbursement.

The Prime Minister’s economic advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, revealed on Thursday details of the use of the “emergency reserve” in the 2023 three-year budget, as stipulated in Law No. 13 of 2023.

Saleh told Al Furat News: “The emergency reserve allocations amount to 500 billion dinars, in accordance with Article 6 of the General Budget Law, which grants the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance the authority to use these amounts to cover emergency expenses if there is an urgent need for spending and there are no allocations for this need, up to 3 billion dinars for each case.”

He pointed out that “any amount exceeding 3 billion dinars requires the approval of the Council of Ministers based on a proposal from the Minister of Finance.”

Saleh also confirmed that the Federal Board of Financial Supervision will submit a quarterly report to the House of Representatives on the uses of the “emergency reserve.”

Regarding the use of this reserve, Saleh explained that “there is no direct connection between it and the completion of ongoing projects, except in extreme emergencies that may relate to the country’s security or economic stability, or any other matters deemed necessary by the executive authority.”

Raghad

BRUCE HIGHLIGHTS, 4 APRIL

 Bruce

• Today Thurs. 3 April algorithms and 800 numbers were loaded. There was a problem with Bonds, but it got solved this afternoon.

• We can receive the 800 number at any time. Bruce will post it on his website.

• We will call for an appointment, but there will be a three day waiting period before they call us and let us know when our actual appointment will be.

• There were 26,000 Bonds that were bogus.

🚨 APRIL 1: Iraq’s Global Trade Switch Goes Live !! @DINARREVALUATION #iraqidinarinvestor #iraq

 

Iraq's foreign reserves rise to a record high , 4 APRIL

 Iraq's foreign reserves rise to a record high 

4/2/2025

 The Prime Minister's financial advisor, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, confirmed on Wednesday that foreign reserves are at their highest historical levels, helping to achieve economic balance and stability for the country. He also indicated that reserves still cover more than 100% of the currency in circulation.

Saleh said in a press statement: “The slight decline in the Central Bank’s reserves, estimated at 1% of the country’s total foreign reserves, is linked to two factors: First, the increased level of foreign currency reinforcements provided by the Iraqi banking system to its correspondents abroad for the purposes of financing trade and external transfers, which led to a significant decline in the dollar exchange rate against the dinar in the parallel market and an increase in the value of the dinar in that parallel market.”

He explained that "control over domestic liquidity levels has become high, significant, and influential in light of the increasing external value of the dinar, which continues to indicate a decline in the effectiveness of the parallel or secondary market in the country. There has also been a very clear decline in growth rates in the general price level and a very high level of price stability, unlike anything the country has ever witnessed before."

 He added, "The other issue depends on the degree of growth in the amounts in which the public finances exchange monthly oil revenues in foreign  currency for the dinar for the benefit of total spending (which is the basis of foreign reserves) and converting them into Iraqi dinars," noting that "this is also linked to the degree of discipline and control of public expenditures on the one hand, and thus the slowdown in the liquidation of government foreign currency proceeds into domesticliquidity that can be spent on the other hand through the general budget." 

He pointed out that "taking into account the risks of fluctuations in average export oil prices of about $70 or less per barrel in energy markets, which occurred in recent months, this means that the compatibility between the level of replenishment of foreign reserves (through collecting them through cash issuance), which may have become slower and less rapid on the part of public finance, and external transfers in foreign currency for the benefit of financing private sector trade on the part of the monetary authority, which is still at a relatively high pace, is what caused this deficiency or slight decline in foreign reserves."

Saleh continued, "Foreign reserves remain at their highest historical levels, achieving economic balance and stability for the country. The function of foreign reserves remains to defend price stability. However, it is also wise for the Central Bank of Iraq to closely monitor the movements of the current account of the balance of payments to maintain the stability of foreign reserves and monitor their growth safely." 

He stressed that "these foreign reserves still cover more than 100% of the currency in circulation and enjoy a high commercial efficiency of more than 15 months of imports, compared to the global standard of three months." He added that "the monetary authority is the only competent entity responsible for managing the country's monetary policy at the domestic and external levels, with a high degree of consensus in terms of balance and transparency to
achieve and maintain economic stability."   LINK

🚨 APRIL 1: Iraq’s Global Trade Switch Goes Live, 4 APRIL

 🚨 APRIL 1: Iraq’s Global Trade Switch Goes Live

Starting April 1st, Iraq officially activates the TIR system (Transports Internationaux Routiers), a UN-backed global customs framework that links the country to international trade and transport routes.

What it means:

— Iraq joins the world’s largest transit system

— Streamlined border crossings & customs clearance

— Massive boost to exports, imports, and foreign trade flows

— Another domino in Iraq’s economic reintegration

This isn’t just logistics. This is Iraq re-entering the global marketplace with modernized infrastructure and digital compliance.

TIR = global access, real-time clearance, and economic sovereignty.

Iraq just leveled up.