Iraq ‘Implores’ Iran to Allow It to Export Oil Through the Strait of Ormuz: ‘We Are an Affected Country’
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Iraq asked Iran for a ‘special status’ for oil exports across the Strait of Ormuz, as negotiations continue.
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Heybet al-Halbousi met with Iranian Assembly Speaker Mohammed Bakir Kalibaf in Baghdad. Halbusi demanded that Iraq be granted special status to export its oil through the Strait of Hormuz, while Kalibaf sent a message of cooperation between the countries of the region without foreign interference.
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Hibat al-Halbousi requested that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf grant Iraqi oil a "special status" for exporting through the Strait of Hormuz.
Baghdad is trying to persuade Tehran to grant it safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is likely to seek to translate the Iraqi request into political and economic gains and to pressure for a more flexible government stance regarding the weapons of the factions. Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Baghdad - Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi called for granting Iraqi oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz "special status" during t…
The request was made during the meeting in Baghdad, in order to facilitate the export amid the reduction of the marine traffic since February
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