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Iran’s President Hassan Rohani speaks during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

Revolutionary Guard’s Financial Corruption Playing to Iranian Rift

by Adel al-Salmi | Oct 15, 2016 | Features

London-The tale of exposed corruption carried on striking Iran’s public, as major authority figures are turning out to be beyond compromised. Early September, despite the story on oversized paychecks cashed by corrupt politicians is still headlining news in the...

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari speaks to reporters during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily

Iraqi FM could be Sacked

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 27, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Days after the Iraqi Parliament sacked the Minister of Finance Hoshyar Zebari, member of Parliamentary Integrity Committee and only Kurdish MP at the Reform Front announced he had collected the signature for questioning FM Ibrahim al-Jaafari. On September...

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Iraqi Speaker Salim al-Jabouri. AFP

Abadi Surprised by Speed of Judiciary in Speaker’s Case

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has expressed surprise at the speed with which the case of corruption against Speaker Salim al-Jabouri has been closed. During a press conference on Tuesday, Abadi said: “I cannot comment on the judiciary, but as a...

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Iraqi security forces stand guard outside the parliament in Baghdad on April 13, 2016 (AFP Photo/Sabah Arar)

Iraqi Parliament Appoints Five New Ministers

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 16, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – After postponing the sessions for almost three months, and after a number of protesters stormed into the parliament, Iraqi parliament granted the approval for five new ministers out of the six suggested by the Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi. The lawmakers...

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Ahmed Hussien, 18, carries freshly harvested wheat in a field in Qaha, El-Kalubia governorate, northeast of Cairo, Egypt May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Egypt Public Prosecutor Orders 13 Arrested in Wheat Corruption Case

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 13, 2016 | Middle East

Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered 13 arrests for 15 days each pending an investigation into their role in a wheat procurement corruption scandal, judicial sources said on Saturday. The 13 facing arrest are accused of exploiting, forgery and enabling the...