By Hayder Al Shakeri for The National. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq 2025 election: Reform candidates pushed out by a system that rejects change Hopes that reform of Iraq's political system would be possible from within have been dashed […]
By John Lee. Ahmed Tabaqchali of AFC Iraq Fund (and Expert Blogger on Iraq Business News) was interviewed this week on the Youtube channel Majlis & Markets, examining the true state of Iraq's economy, including stability since 2019, the Iraqi dinar (IQD), de-dollarisation, banking sector challenges, fintech growth, tokenisation, the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) and […]
By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. "Election kerfuffle, what kerfuffle !!!" The market, as measured by the Rabee Securities U.S. Dollar Equity Index (RSISX USD Index), was up 5.0% for the month and […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Speculation reigns as contest for Iraq's premiership heats up Kicking off heated media speculation, Iraq's Shiite Coordination Framework has begun the process of nominating the country's next prime minister. While several figures have […]
By Alex Vatanka for The Middle East Institute. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How Iraq's vote will shape the next phase of US-Iran competition Washington is once again leaning hard on Baghdad to narrow the space for Iran's proxy networks, […]
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: Ruling Shiite alliance moves to form Iraq's next government Only days after Iraq's legislative polls, the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework has declared itself the "largest bloc" in the next parliament. The […]
By Tamer Badawi for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq Elections Return Incumbents, Testing US and Iranian Influence Iraq's elections make ponderous a status quo Washington and Tehran seek to preserve; manoeuvring politicians make […]
From the Atlantic Council. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Experts react: How will Iraq's parliamentary election shape the country's politics? The voting is over, but the maneuvering could go on for a while. In Iraq's parliamentary elections, the bloc led […]
By James Jeffrey and David Schenker, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's Election: Outcomes and Next Steps Sudani did very well at the ballot box, but the peculiarities of Iraq's long government formation […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has just announced the final results of the 2025 parliamentary election (see below). It is understood that there is no significant difference to the preliminary results already published. Results by governorate (Arabic): Anbar Babil Baghdad Basra Dhi Qar Diyala Duhok Erbil Karbala Kirkuk Missan (Maysan) Muthanna […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has published the final results of the 2025 parliamentary election, by party. Click here to download the full report (Arabic). (Source: IHEC)
By John Lee. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has published the final results of the 2025 parliamentary election, by candidate. Click here to download the full 402-page report (Arabic). (Source: IHEC)
