Corruption in Iraq

Kurdish education director in Kirkuk, Kameran Ali, speaking to Kurdistan24, Kirkuk, Sep. 13, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraq’s Education Ministry Decision Deepens Crisis in Kurdish Schools in Kirkuk

The image features a stylized illustration of a masked ISIS militant. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Scandal in Anbar as Investigation Uncovers Hundreds of ISIS Members Receiving 'Martyr' Salaries

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani. (Photo: GOI)

Iraq

Iraqi PM Orders High-Level Committee to Investigate Alleged Oil Smuggling

Saidiyyah residents in Baghdad told Kurdistan24 they are protesting decades of neglect. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Decades of Neglect: Baghdad Residents Protest, Plead for Basic Services

Hoshyar Zebari, Senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) politburo member and former Iraqi Foreign Minister. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

KDP’s Zebari Warns of Vote-Buying, Misuse of State Resources in Iraq’s Elections

An Iraqi man fans his son at home south of Hilla on Aug. 10, 2025, amid extreme heat, water shortages, and power cuts. (AFP)

Iraq

Iraq ‘Heading Toward the Abyss,’ Citizens Blame Corruption for Power Collapse

The Euphrates River and a government building under construction in Iraq's Nasiriyah, Sept. 23, 2022. (AFP)

Iraq

Nasiriyah Land Corruption Ring Busted

Iraqi children sit in their home in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq as it faces drought, sandstorms, and falling river levels after decades of conflict. (AFP)

Iraq

‘Daily Ordeal’: Nasiriyah Boils in Extreme Heat with Near-Total Power Collapse

Dhi Qar province is highlighted within the map of Iraq. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Dhi Qar Fire Sparks Allegations of Official Corruption

Iraqi Parliament’s Oil and Energy Committee convening a questioning session with the Iraqi Minister of Oil, directors of SOMO, and the Oil Ministry’s Transportation Company, July 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Iraqi Parliament Questions Oil Minister Over Iranian Oil Smuggling Amid U.S. Sanctions Warning

Electrical wires hang between buildings in a street in Iraq's capital Baghdad on July 13, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Baghdad Protests Erupt Over Chronic Power Outages

A neighborhood in Anbar's city of al-Fallujah. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Anbar Faces Power Crisis: Calls Grow to Match KRG’s Electricity Success

A man exchanges U.S. dollars for stacks of Iraqi dinar in the main Shurja market in central Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 14, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Iraq

Iraq’s Economy Loses Billions Amid Alarming Gaps in Customs Revenue

Five-star hotels and luxury residential and commercial towers under construction in Baghdad, Iraq, widely believed to be linked to large-scale corruption and money laundering by Iraqi political elites. (Photo: Social Media)

Iraq

Iraqi Officials Use Five-Star Hotel Projects to Launder Millions

Graduates of engineering and petroleum fields protest in Basra. (Photo: Iraqi Media)

Iraq

Black Gold, Broken Promises: Basra's Youth Demand Justice Amid Oil Profits and Pollution

Iraqis have lost their patience with their politicians, Baghdad, Iraq, August 10, 2015. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s Deepening Corruption Crisis Fuels Public Outrage: Citizens Demand Justice and Reform