News, Rumors and Opinions Saturday 8-1-2026
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Clare: Will the Federal Government Remove Three Zeros from the Iraqi Dinar?
The Iraqi federal government is considering two additional measures to address its financial crisis: borrowing domestically and internationally and removing three zeros from the Iraqi dinar, a currency redenomination intended to simplify transactions, strengthen confidence in the dinar, and help manage inflationary pressures caused by increased money printing.
By: Hawre Tofiq
It is clear that, due to the war, the Strait of Hormuz has been closed, significantly restricting oil exports and causing a sharp decline in public revenues. As a result, the federal government is facing a crisis in financing its operational budget, particularly the payment of public sector salaries. To address this situation, it has taken the following steps:
1. Printing More Iraqi Dinars
During Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani's government, additional Iraqi dinars have been printed to pay salaries. While this measure has helped solve the immediate problem of salary payments, it could lead to long-term inflation because of the increased money supply.
2. Two Additional Plans Under Consideration
The government is now considering two further options:
First: Domestic and foreign borrowing.
Second: Removing three zeros from the Iraqi dinar.
The Iraqi government is reportedly considering deleting three zeros from the national currency. For example:
25,000 Iraqi dinars would become 25 dinars after removing three zeros.
Likewise, all other currency denominations would be adjusted accordingly.
Instead of expressing figures in billions, they would be expressed in millions.
The objective of this move is to preserve the value of the Iraqi dinar. Since a large amount of currency has already been printed, the government fears inflationary pressure. It also intends to revalue the exchange rate against the U.S. dollar. For example, after removing the three zeros, US$100 could be exchanged for 150 Iraqi dinars instead of the current denomination. The government also believes this measure could help reduce the apparent size of operational budget expenditures, including salaries.
3. Legal and Constitutional Requirements
Monetary and financial policy requires legal backing. The proposal to remove three zeros from the Iraqi dinar would normally require legislation, making it a politically sensitive issue that may be difficult to pass in Parliament.
To address this, the government has explored another legal route. The Prime Minister requested that the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq issue an interpretive ruling regarding the powers of the Council of Ministers under Article 80, Paragraph Third of the Iraqi Constitution, which authorizes the Council to issue decisions, regulations, and instructions.
The Prime Minister asked whether the Council of Ministers could issue regulations and instructions even if Parliament had not explicitly delegated that authority in a specific law.
The Federal Supreme Court ruled that, regardless of whether a law expressly grants such authority, the Council of Ministers possesses an inherent constitutional power to issue regulations, instructions, and decisions.
This ruling opens the door for the government to proceed with removing the three zeros from the Iraqi dinar through a governmental regulation, without first obtaining parliamentary approval. That this is a highly technical monetary and financial issue that deserves careful analysis and discussion by financial and economic experts. LINK
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Clare: Without delay, Al-Rafidain Bank directs work on Friday and Saturday to complete salaries.
7/30/2026
On Thursday evening, Rafidain Bank directed that official working hours continue in a number of its branches and departments responsible for settling salaries during Friday and Saturday, in order to complete the procedures for raising and disbursing salaries without delay.
According to a statement issued by the bank and received by Shafaq News Agency, this directive comes as a confirmation of its approach to harnessing its human and technical capabilities to ensure the speed of salary disbursement operations, and to enhance the readiness of its branches to accommodate the volume of work, in order to ensure the smooth provision of banking services, reduce pressure on branches, and provide the best level of service to citizens.
The bank confirmed that its staff will continue working during the two official holidays to complete all procedures related to raising and disbursing salaries according to the highest standards of efficiency, speed and accuracy, which embodies its commitment to providing reliable banking services, and consolidating its role in supporting the stability of the financial system and serving citizens.
Earlier today, Iraqi Finance Minister Faleh al-Sari revealed that there is a real financial deficit that is hindering the completion of salary payments for employees, retirees, and social welfare beneficiaries.
For his part, Iraqi Health Minister Abdul Hussein al-Moussawi acknowledged on Thursday that the government is facing a liquidity crisis that has made securing salaries its priority.
An informed source confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that the process of distributing state employees’ salaries for this month is expected to begin at the start of next August, given the continued financial challenges facing the public treasury. LINK
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Courtesy of Dinar Guru: https://www.dinarguru.com/
Jeff Iraq has been stalling and delaying the cabinet all the way since May with making no efforts to try to resolve the cabinet. That's because the cabinet isn't an issue. They know who they want to put in there. Everything is scheduled to the rate change. The rate change itself is scheduled. That's the critical component to this. Everything has to happen around what is the rate change date. They're timing the cabinet completion with what is the rate change date.
Frank26 [California bank story] I got a call yesterday ...he wanted to meet with me one on one...I've already done business with them through investments but this was a higher up VP. I went to his office in downtown...The question he asked first was, you've been a customer with us for a long time...along with owning all of these dinars? I was like, yeah, but you already know that...what's the reason for the meeting?...He said, from our conversation you know we're getting pretty close. He said, the main reason why I brought you here today is to show you. He turned his PC screen around and showed me a list of numbers and a list of names and codes. He said, do you know the code for the Iraq dinar? I said, yeah...the color of IQD was in red. The numbers did not start with a decimal point and there were no zeros on that screen for the IQD. [Post 1 of 2....stay tuned]
Frank26 I picked my jaw from the ground and said, what does this mean? He says, we're close...those numbers keep changing and it's been for a little over a week and that's why he decided to reach out and ask me meet with him.Those numbers were higher than I thought they would be and the number also changed while I was there. So he was telling the truth, the numbers are changing all the time. I was not at a local bank so please do not start bothering the banks about this conversation. Let it happen. Let it flow. We're close...He said we would be talking very soon and we have a lot to do...there are no delays. There are no red flags. There are no red lights. He said this is on and popping and that was the end of the conversation. We're there. [Post 2 of 2]
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