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An Iraqi man and children hold Iranian flags as people march during celebrations to mark the ceasefire between Israel and Iran in the southern city of Basra on June 24, 2025. HUSSEIN FALEH / AFP

Iraq's US-Iran balancing act faces crunch time

Baghdad wants good relations with Washington, but its ties with Tehran run deep. Under increased pressure, it may have to pick a side once and for all.

Ayad Al-Anbar 07 August 2025
How the IRGC plunders Iraq's money to fund loyalist militias and Hezbollah. Matt Holland

The Iraqi dinar is fine

The Iranian regime destroys the security and economy of any country it touches

Hussain Abdul-Hussain 21 February 2023
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold posters with his photo as they celebrate the passing of a law criminalizing the normalization of ties with Israel, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Criminalizing Normalization: A Spectacle or An Attempt to Isolate Iraq?

Speaking of a taboo could be quite a risk and pure madness in a country governed by tempers that run the political scene. It is where enacting a law restricting freedom of opinion and expression is…

Rawshan Qassem 03 June 2022
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