Iraqi MP al-Jubouri jailed seven years for corruption
Central Anti-Corruption Court also issues a separate three-year sentence for concealing funds, confirms seizure of all movable and immovable assets, and grants the Integrity Commission the right to claim further compensation once the verdict becomes final
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission announced on Tuesday that the Central Specialized Anti-Corruption Court has issued a seven-year prison sentence against sitting Iraqi parliamentarian Mohammed Farman Shahir Salman al-Jubouri after finding him guilty of illicit enrichment, ordering him to repay and pay fines totaling more than 28 billion Iraqi dinars.
The Integrity Commission confirmed in its official statement that the court issued its ruling based on Article 19, paragraph two, of the Integrity Commission and Illicit Enrichment Law No. 30 of 2011 as amended, ordering the convicted parliamentarian to return the value of his illicit gains amounting to more than 11.7 billion Iraqi dinars in addition to approximately 1.7 million US dollars.
The court also imposed a financial fine equivalent to the value of the illicit gains under Article 19, paragraph four, of the same law, bringing the total amount ordered in repayment and fines to 28,157,250,476 Iraqi dinars.
The court issued a second ruling sentencing al-Jubouri to three years of aggravated imprisonment for the crime of concealing funds, ordering the execution of the more severe of the two sentences. The court confirmed the seizure of all his movable and immovable assets and granted the Federal Integrity Commission the right to seek compensation for damages after the verdict achieves its final and binding status.
Tuesday's ruling against al-Jubouri is the third major parliamentary corruption conviction in less than a week, following the seven-year sentence against MP Aliya Nusaif Jassim on September 23, 2026, who was ordered to repay more than 61 billion dinars and had all her assets seized, and the seven-year sentence against MP Ashwaq Salem, who was ordered to repay 2.1 billion dinars and 3 million US dollars with an equivalent financial fine. All three rulings emerged from the same sweeping anti-corruption operation conducted on June 28, 2026, in which Iraqi security forces moved simultaneously across five provinces to arrest parliamentarians and senior officials on corruption charges, uncovering cash buried underground, gold, villas, and luxury vehicles.