Iraq Stock Market Report
Advertising Feature Rabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (trading week ending: 13th Nov 2025. Please click here to view a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes. Rabee Securities' Market Indexes Change - Weekly Index Code Closings Change (w/w) (%) Change (YTD) (%) IQD-RSISX 2,513.2 1.7% 11.7% USD-RSISX 2,471.1 1.7% 11.7% […]
Genel Energy issues Trading and Ops Update
By John Lee. Genel Energy has issued a trading and operations update in respect of the third quarter and first nine months of 2025. Regarding the company's operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, it said: PRODUCTION: KURDISTAN TAWKE PSC (25% interest) Gross production levels are now back to around 80,000 bopd, consistent with the levels achieved in […]
Iraq Election Results: Coalition Building in Focus
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Deep Dive: Coalition building in focus as Iraq declares vote results Iraq has held its sixth parliamentary elections since the toppling of Ba'ath Party rule in 2003 ... Preliminary results suggest a win […]
Iraq Elections: Sudani Coalition appears Victorious
By John Lee. Incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani appears to have been victorious in Iraq's parliamentary elections, which were held on Tuesday. Media sources including Reuters and AFP says his Reconstruction and Development coalition emerged as the largest block in the new assembly. In a statement on X, the Sudani said: Our coalition, "Reconstruction […]
Preliminary Results of Iraqi Election (By Governorate)
By John Lee. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has just announced the preliminary results of yesterday's parliamentary election (see below). Turnout was considerably higher than last time, at 56 percent. Results by governorate (Arabic): Anbar Babil Baghdad Basra Dhi Qar Diyala Duhok Karbala Kirkuk Missan (Maysan) Muthanna Najaf Ninewa Qadissiyah Salahaddin Sulaymaniyah Wassit (Source: […]
Preliminary Results of Iraqi Election (By Candidate)
By John Lee. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has published the preliminary results of yesterday's parliamentary election by candidate. Click here to download the full 402-page report (Arabic). (Source: IHEC)
Surge in Voter Turnout in Iraq's Parliamentary Elections
By John Lee. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has announced that voter turnout in the 2025 parliamentary elections reached 56.11 percent, based on results from 99.98 percent of general polling stations and all special voting centres. This is considerably higher than the 41 percent recorded at the last elections in 2021, despite a boycott […]
Dubai Firm signs Partnership with Iraq Oil Pipelines Company
By John Lee. Iraq's Oil Pipelines Company has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Dubai-based Progwin Ltd as part of the Ministry of Oil's efforts to enhance technical and engineering capabilities and strengthen cooperation with reputable international firms. Director General Ali Abdul-Karim Al-Moussawi said the agreement aims to expand technical and investment cooperation between the […]
Basra Petrochemical Company Announces New Projects
By John Lee. The State Company for Petrochemical Industries in Basra, part of the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, has announced a series of projects aimed at restarting production across its plants and strengthening Iraq's national industry. Director General Mazen Abdul-Razzaq said the company is continuing implementation of a partnership contract to establish a chlorine […]
Deepest Horizontal Well Drilled at Bazargan Field
By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has announced the completion of drilling the deepest horizontal well at the Bazargan oil field. According to Hussein Kazem Laibi, Director General of the Maysan [Missan] Oil Company, the achievement was marked by the completion of well BUCN-226H in early November 2025. He told the state-owned Iraqi News […]
KRG Facilitates Export of Potatoes to UAE
By John Lee. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is facilitating the export of local agricultural products to international markets as part of its efforts to support farmers and boost domestic production. Under the initiative, 6,000 tonnes of potatoes will be exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year. With fertile soil and a favourable […]
What Next after Iraq's General Election?
By Roba El Husseini for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. What next after Iraq's general election? Iraqis headed to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new parliament for a four-year term in a vote that will be […]