Parliamentary finance likely ‘freeze’ of new Iraqi banks by US Treasury, 15 FEB

 Parliamentary finance likely ‘freeze’ of new Iraqi banks by US Treasury

Shafaq News / A member of the parliamentary financial committee, Ikhlas al-Dulaimi, on Wednesday, the US Treasury Department will include new Iraqi banks on the sanctions list unless the Central Bank of Iraq finds solutions to them.

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“On the evening of last Sunday, I met the US Treasury Attache in Baghdad and asked him about the reasons for the freezing of 24 Iraqi banks, and he explained to me that most of the banks transferred large amounts of dollars to Iran and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and this was the reason for their freezing and stopping them from work,” Al-Dulaimi told Shaf News.

Al-Dulaimi added, “At the moment, there are no banks that may be closed unless there are new breaches, and the banks that have closed some of them are dealing with false documents regarding financial transfers.”

She suggested that “if the situation remains as it is now and the central bank did not find treatments for the situation of these banks in the near future, we could see another meal of banks being frozen and their dealing in dollars banned and this affects the economic situation in the country.”

The US Treasury Department has previously included a number of Iraqi private banks and banking companies on the sanctions list, most recently on January 29, where the US Department announced the placing of Iraq’s “Huda” Bank, on the sanctions list, as a major concern regarding money laundering because it “acts as a channel for the financing of terrorism by Iran.”

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"ANALYSIS OF IRAQ NEWS:QAANI MISSES THE PACE OF THE FACTIONS.. A REPORT URGES WASHINGTON TO DELIVER THE FINAL BLOW" BY MNT GOAT, 15 FEB

QAANI MISSES THE PACE OF THE FACTIONS.. A REPORT URGES WASHINGTON TO DELIVER THE FINAL BLOW

A British report revealed, on Friday, the inability of the current commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Ismail Qaani, to control and direct the factions loyal to Tehran in the region, unlike his predecessor, Qassem Soleimani, indicating that he unleashed forces and factions over which he lost control.

The British newspaper “The Telegraph” reported that events in the Middle East are on the verge of getting out of control, and with the Hamas movement in Gaza, the Hezbollah faction in southern Lebanon, and the Houthi group in Yemen targeting Israel and the West, the Iranian hand looms strongly on the horizon. : Is Tehran unable to stop the escalation it started on its own?

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About the sanctions. “Economy News” publishes the outputs of the meeting of the Association of Banks with the Economics of the Parliament, 15 FEB

About the sanctions. “Economy News” publishes the outputs of the meeting of the Association of Banks with the Economics of the Parliament

Economy News – Baghdad

The Committee on Economy, Industry and Trade, headed by MP Ahmed Salim Al-Kanani, discussed today, Wednesday, with the Association of Iraqi Banks and directors of private banks, the sanctions imposed by the US Federal Bank.

The Information Department of the House of Representatives said, in a statement received by “Economy News”, that “the Committee of Economy, Industry and Trade, headed by MP Ahmed Salim Al-Kinani and the presence of its members hosted the Association of Iraqi Banks and Directors of private banks,” noting that “the meeting discussed the sanctions imposed by the US Federal Bank on a number of Iraqi private banks.”

The committee listened to “a detailed explanation provided by the Association of Iraqi Banks and Directors of National Banks about the most important problems and obstacles suffered by private banks, including freezing their balances abroad and stopping foreign transactions and transfers with correspondent banks.”

The Association of Iraqi Banks indicated that “the ban imposed on these banks came with a letter from the Central Bank of Iraq without stating the reasons,” calling on “the House of Representatives and the Parliamentary Economy Committee to intervene to address this issue in cooperation with the Central Bank and the Council of Ministers.”

The participants stressed that “the ban imposed on private banks negatively affected the Iraqi economy, as the private banks constitute more than 47% of the assets, 36% of deposits and 37% of the capital, adding that the prohibited banks constitute 50% of the private banks in Iraq, and this directly affects the performance of the Iraqi economy in a scientific way.”

For his part, the head of the committee stressed that “the House of Representatives pays great attention to this issue as it negatively affects the growth of the Iraqi economy.”
He added that “the committee is following up the matter with the Council of Ministers and the Central Bank of Iraq to find effective solutions that contribute to lifting the ban on these banks.”

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"IMPORTANT IRAQ NEWS:THE IRAQI CENTRAL BANK CANCELS THE OPERATION OF THE LARGEST IRANIAN BANK IN THE COUNTRY" BY MNT GOAT, 15 FEB

THE IRAQI CENTRAL BANK CANCELS THE OPERATION OF THE LARGEST IRANIAN BANK IN THE COUNTRY

The Central Bank of Iraq has canceled the operating license of the largest Iranian bank in Iraq, the National Bank of Iran (Milli), due to international sanctions and the bank’s limited operations in Iraq, according to what Reuters reported on Thursday.

Reuters said that this decision was contained in a document from the Central Bank of Iraq dated January 31, 2024.The document stated, “In light of the losses incurred by your branch in Iraq, its limited activities, its inability to implement or expand banking activities, and…its inclusion in international sanctions, it has been decided to cancel your license.”

In 2018, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Bank Melli, claiming that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is using it to “distribute funds to Iraqi Shiite armed groups, and that Bank Melli’s presence in Iraq is part of this scheme.”

Iraq, which has reserves of more than $100 billion in the United States, is counting heavily on Washington’s goodwill to ensure that its access to oil revenues and money is not blocked.

Iraq recently banned eight local commercial banks from conducting transactions in US dollars and took measures to limit fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of the US currency in a move welcomed by the US Treasury Department.

According to Iraqi and American officials, Iraq prevented 14 banks in July 2023 from conducting dollar transactions as part of a broader campaign aimed at reducing the smuggling of dollars into Iran through the Iraqi banking system after a request from Washington, according to Reuters.

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UN issues statement clarifying reasons for Blaskhart leaving Baghdad, 15 FEB

 UN issues statement clarifying reasons for Blaskhart leaving Baghdad

Mawazine News – Baghdad

The UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) issued a statement to “set things in perspective” regarding “misleading reports” by traditional media and Iraqi communication platforms about why the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Jeanine Blaschart, had left the country.

In its statement, the mission stressed that the departure of Blasschart “is consistent with practices within the UN, including the usual rotation of senior UN officials.”

In her last briefing to the Security Council that she said she might be the last on Iraq, she announced that she arrived in Baghdad in December 2018 and “now, five years later, it’s almost time to say goodbye and expect to leave my position at the end of May,” describing Iraq “a country of immense beauty, a country of rich diversity and culture, where there are many opportunities to seize.”

The mission distanced itself from “allegations of corruption” at UNDP and made in a report by the British newspaper The Guardian by asserting that “UNAMI and UNDP have different administrative and financial structures.”

She urged the media to “prioritize accuracy and refrain from circulating misinformation.”

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