{"id":3156,"date":"2026-06-28T08:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2026-06-28T08:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:37:58","slug":"iraqi-officials-including-lawmakers-arrested-on-corruption-charges-in-overnight-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3156","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi officials, including lawmakers, arrested on corruption charges in overnight raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq\u2019s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3154\">Exclusive | Furious Napa Valley vineyards facing oblivion as crucifying new fees drop: \u2018Can see where this ends\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It said the arrests were based on statement made by former Deputy Minister of Oil Adnan al-Jumaili, who was arrested last month, and \u201cincluded members of Parliament whose immunity had been lifted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi security forces sealed off all entrances to the capital\u2019s heavily fortified Green Zone early Sunday and carried out raids inside the compound that houses key government institutions and foreign embassies.<\/p>\n<p>A security agency report obtained by The Associated Press said that seven people were arrested, among them five members of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the arrestees were from the political bloc of former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. It was not immediately clear what the specific accusations against them were.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3152\">3 missing teens located after vanishing from New Jersey train station<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Al-Sudani\u2019s bloc won the largest share of seats in November\u2019s parliamentary elections, but he ultimately stepped aside amid a deadlock in the Coordination Framework \u2014 a coalition of Shiite parties allied with Iran that brought al-Sudani to power \u2014 over their preferred candidate for premier.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He was replaced by Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman and political newcomer, who emerged as a consensus candidate and received the blessing of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests are likely to have ripple effects across Iraq\u2019s fractured political landscape, where accusations of corruption frequently intersect with rivalries over power and influence.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3150\">Michael Goodwin: Kathy Hochul will never satisfy Mamdani\u2019s far-left crew \u2014 and yet she keeps appeasing them<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq\u2019s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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