Iraqi Parliament passes new Martyrs Law, extending benefits to Peshmerga and Kurdish forces

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – The Iraqi Parliament has passed a new amendment to the Iraqi Martyrs Law, which expands benefits to include Peshmerga forces and security members who were killed in Kurdish territories outside the Kurdistan Region's control. According to a Kurdistan24 reporter in Baghdad, the law ensures that the salaries of these martyrs will now be managed by the Iraqi Martyrs Agency and equalized to 1.2 million Iraqi dinars.

The legislation also extends to martyrs from key historical periods: those killed between February 8 and August 11, 1963, and between July 17, 1968, and April 8, 2003. These individuals, along with their heirs living in Kurdish areas outside of the Kurdistan Region, will receive the same salary benefits as those provided by the Iraqi Martyrs Agency.

Shakhawan Abdulla, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, told Kurdistan24 that the amendment corrects previous oversights in the law, which excluded the relatives of martyrs from the ISIS war who lived in Kurdish territories from receiving any benefits. Abdulla added that the relatives of martyrs in the fight against ISIS are now entitled to all privileges under the new law.

Among the new benefits, families of ISIS martyrs will receive increased salaries, discounts on tuition fees, and additional privileges, Abdulla confirmed.