Zig’s Place Chatroom News Wednesday AM 6-23-21

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Butterfly   With revenues amounting to more than (5) billion dollars .. The Ministry of Oil announces its statistics for the month of May

Wednesday 23 June 2021 13:26.......The Ministry of Oil announced the total exports and revenues achieved for the month of last May, according to the final statistics issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company "SOMO", where the amount of exports of crude oil amounted to (89) million (881) thousand and (268) barrels, Revenues amounted to (5) billion (917) million and (932) thousand dollars.

The ministry's statistics indicated in a statement today, "The total quantities exported of crude oil for the month of May from the oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to (86) million (820) thousand and (355) barrels, while from the Kirkuk fields through the port of Ceyhan, it was The exported quantities amounted to (3) million (60) thousand and (913) barrels.

The statistic indicated that "the exported quantities were loaded by (32) international companies of different nationalities, from the ports of Basra, Khor al-Amaya, mono-buoys on the Gulf, and the Turkish port of Ceyhan." While the average price per barrel was (65,842) dollars.

butterfly  Gold prices rise in global markets

Wednesday 23 June 2021 11:51,,,,,,,,Gold prices rose today, Wednesday, after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged to keep interest rates close to zero for some time, although the gains were capped by a slight rise in the dollar.

Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,781.18 an ounce.

US gold futures rose 0.2 percent to $1,781.30 an ounce.

Gold prices fell 6% last week after the Federal Reserve took a hawkish tone and made expectations for the first post-pandemic interest rate increases through 2023.

Gold tends to rise based on expectations of lower interest rates, reducing the opportunity cost of holding non- pandemic bullion. yielding.

The dollar index rose 0.1% in the session against its rivals, making gold more expensive for holders of other currencies.

Silver rose 0.8% to $25.95 an ounce, and palladium rose 0.8% to $2,578.75. Platinum rose 0.4% to $1,083.01.

butterfly   After news of the change in the dollar exchange rate against the dinar.. the hundred dollars settled on 148 thousand dinars

Wednesday 23 June 2021 10:46 ,,,,,,,The exchange rates of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar stabilized, today, Wednesday, in the local markets.

The selling prices of the dollar were 148,500 dinars per $100, while the purchase prices of the dollar were 147,500 dinars per $100.

Yesterday, Tuesday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee discussed the repercussions of changing the dollar exchange rate with the Central Bank, while the latter revealed the launch of an initiative worth 5 trillion dinars in addition to contributing to moving the housing sector.

The Central Bank of Iraq decided earlier to adjust the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar, as the purchase price of the dollar from the Ministry of Finance amounted to 1450 dinars, and the price of selling it to banks was set at 1460 dinars per dollar, while the selling price to the citizen is 1470 dinars per dollar.

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butterfly  Israel publishes new documents about its bombing of the Iraqi July reactor during the era of the former regime

Wednesday 23 June 2021 12:49,,,,,,,,,On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of what is known as "Operation Opera", Israel published a package of documents related to its air raid on the Iraqi "Osirak" nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981.

These documents include from the army archives The Israeli Ministry of Defense published on Tuesday hand drawings of the reactor that Tel Aviv feared that former President Saddam Hussein might use to develop nuclear weapons, including drawings showing a scene of the reactor from a fighter.

The ministry explained that these drawings were part of the intelligence data during the planning of "Operation Opera."

In this package, the ministry also published a report issued after the attack was carried out, including a written order from the army commander to carry out the operation and the government's decision to start planning the attack in 1980, and consultations on its date.

This package includes a memorandum stipulating the postponement of "Operation Opera", which was originally scheduled for May 31, for a week due to the meeting that took place on the fourth of June between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Sharm El-Sheikh.

These documents also include recorded confessions of the military pilot and the first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who participated in "Operation Oprah" and died in 2003 as a result of the disaster of the crash of the American space shuttle "Columbia".

butterfly   Nechirvan Barzani arrives in Amman   Wednesday 23 June 2021 12:06,,,,,,The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, arrived in Amman today, Wednesday, on a visit to Jordan, during which he will meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan.

He was received, upon his arrival at Queen Alia International Airport, by a number of officials in the Kingdom and the Iraqi ambassador to Jordan.

butterfly   Jordan's King Abdullah II received in Amman today the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani.

 During the meeting, the relations between Oman and the region and the challenges facing the region were discussed.

butterfly  The Commission on Human Rights in Iraq is holding an international meeting to discuss raising Iraq's classification to Category (A) at the level of national human rights institutions

Wednesday 23 June 2021 11:56,,,,,,,,The High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq held an international meeting with (SCA) to discuss raising Iraq's classification to Category (A) at the level of national human rights institutions.

A statement by the Commission stated, "The Head of the Commission, Aqil Al-Mansouri Al-Moussawi, chaired an important meeting" to discuss the request of Iraq to lift the classification of the Commission High Human rights in Iraq (IHCHR) class (B) to (a) with the Subcommittee on accreditation (SCA) of the international alliance of national institutions for Human rights in Geneva (GANHARI) in the presence of members of the board of Commissioners through Pokerschool Line.

the institutions A national with an “A” accreditation status is eligible for full membership in the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, which is affiliated with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva), and has the right to vote and hold positions in the coalition.

butterfly   Iraq and South Korea discuss the depth of bilateral relations

Wednesday 23 June 2021 11:22.........Acting Head of the International Organizations and Conferences Department, Abbas Kazem Obaid, met the South Korean Ambassador to Baghdad, Jang Kyung-wook, at the ministry building.

The ministry statement stated that the two sides discussed during the meeting the depth of bilateral relations between the two countries and the role of Korea in helping and supporting Iraq in infrastructure projects and technical assistance in the field of demining, as well as discussing mutual support deals between the two countries in positions and international organizations.

butterfly   Mahmoud Othman to / NINA /: The region and Iraq will witness an escalation between Iran and the United States of America after the election of a major / expanded

Wednesday 23 June 2021 09:57........political opinion of the Iraqi Independent Mahmoud Othman said the region and Iraq Stchehdan escalation between Iran and the United States of America after the election of Abraham key president of Iran. "

Osman said in a statement to / Nina / that key, is the candidate of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ali Khamenei, a More hostile to America than the former Iranian president, and in his first statement, he called on the United States to lift the economic embargo on Iran, and directed harsh words to it, and thus the region will witness an escalation between Iran and the United States.

He explained that Iraq will be an arena for a more intense Iranian-American conflict, where my chief will work to unify and support the Iraqi armed factions that target the American forces in Iraq from time to time, pointing out that the Iraqi government is very weak towards the work of the armed factions and is unable to curb their wing, and deal with them. On the basis of patience and wisdom, this is useless.”

According to him, Iranian TV announced last Saturday morning that Ibrahim Raisi had won the presidential election.

The head of the Elections Committee in the Iranian Interior Ministry, Jamal Araf, said: “The candidate, Ibrahim Raisi, won (62%) of the votes. Against (11%) for his closest rival, candidate Mohsen Rezaei, according to preliminary results.

Butterfly   A human rights center calls on Parliament to amend the provincial elections law

Wednesday 23 June 2021 09:55.........The Strategic Center for Human Rights in Iraq called on the Parliament to amend the provincial elections law, similar to the Iraqi Parliament Elections Law No. 9 of 2021.

The director of the center's office in Baghdad, Hazem Al-Rudaini, said in a statement that it is not within the parliament's authority to dissolve provincial councils, and this was confirmed by the Federal Court because it was formed according to the constitution.

He added that following the individual system instead of the proportional system, reducing the candidate's age to 25 years instead of 30 years, and dividing each governorate into several electoral districts according to a new system that determines the number of seats in each governorate council on the basis of population ratios will give a fair representation of each district and give a fair opportunity for independent candidates to compete party candidates.

Al-Rudaini continued that the appointment of governors by the prime minister violates the constitution, which stipulates that he be elected by the provincial council exclusively, stressing the need to expedite setting a date for holding the provincial council elections in 2022, since the last elections were held 8 years ago.

butterfly   2021-06-23 07:31  Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) sales in the currency auction registered about $234 million today.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent reported that CBI sales settled at $234,650,750. The weighted average rate of the dinar to the U.S. dollar was specified at 1460.

Our correspondent explained that 11 banks and 14 companies cashed out $30,520,000, while the $204,130,750 went to boost funds abroad in the form of non-cash and credit transactions, with 35 banks meeting those requests.

butterfly   2021-06-23 05:47   Shafaq News/ Iraq collectively grossed nearly six billion dollars from oil sales last May, according to a survey by the state oil marketer, SOMO.

Crude oil exports amounted to 89,281,268 barrels, yielding 5,917,932 dollars, SOMO survey said. Exports from Oilfields in Mid and south Iraq were 86,820,355 barrels, while Kirkuk oilfields exports, via Ceyhan port, contributed with 3,060,913 barrels.

Thirty-two international companies loaded the Iraqi oil from the ports of Basra, Khor al-Amaya, the single buoy moorings in the Gulf, and the Turkish Ceyhan port.

The oil barrel averaged 65.842 dollars, according to the survey.

butterfly   2021-06-23 04:01  Shafaq News/ Basra Light price dropped, on Wednesday.

As for OPEC prices, OPEC Members   Last   Oil price/barrel ($)

Iraq    Basra Light   74.25   Iraq   Basra Heavy   70.57   KSA   Arab Extra Light   74.13   UAE   Murban   73.33

Algeria   Saharan Blend   73.86   Nigeria   Bonny Light   74.26   Angola   Girasol   74.29

As for the international prices, WTI climbs to 73.36$ while Brent Crude rose to 75.47 $.

Butterfly   2021-06-23 05:19  Shafaq News/ A member of "al-Hikma" bloc in the Iraqi Parliament chastised the Parliament Presidium for the failure to convene the sessions.

MP Ali al-Budairi told Shafaq News Agency, "the Parliament failed to convene again because of the absences and the MPs being busy with their electoral campaigning."

"This severely impacted the legislative and monitoring work of the Council and halted the legal quorum of the sessions."

"The Parliament Presidium is responsible for this failure since it does not enforce the Internal Code of the Parliament against absentees and boycotters. The heads of the parliamentary blocs are also responsible for not instructing their MPs to attend."

Yesterday, Tuesday, the Iraqi lawmaking body adjourned the session after failing to secure the quorum with less than 120 MPs in the parliament hall.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that the attendees' count did not meet the quorum, which prompted the Parliament Presidium to adjourn the session to Sunday.

The source added, "the attending MPs were less than 120."

butterfly  2021-06-23 03:47   Shafaq News/ the power was cut off today Wednesday, in three administrative units due to an explosion targeted electric transmission towers between the capital, Baghdad and the borders of Saladin Governorate.

The mayor of Balad district, south of Saladin, Haider Ismail al-Baldawi told Shafaq News Agency, that unidentified persons blew up two transmission towers in the Al-Nabai area between the borders of Baghdad and Dujail district which caused a total power blackout in the districts of Balad, Dhuluiya, Yathrib and other areas.

the continuous targeting of power towers is an indication of the security services’ failure to protect them, said Al-Baldawi, calling for follow an effective security plans to protect the electricity towers from terrorist and sabotage acts.

He added that the energy towers between Baghdad and Saladin were also bombed three days ago, and the targeting was repeated before even to completing repair and maintenance operations.

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butterfly  Oil denies stopping the supply of improved gasoline

Wednesday 23 June 2021 15:51,,,,,The Ministry of Oil denied what was reported in some media and social networking sites about closing the outlets for supplying high-octane / improved gasoline to citizens.

The Oil Products Distribution Company confirmed in a statement that the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / received a copy of it: “The supply outlets are working continuously and with a high flow,” noting that “the company has conducted periodic matches and checks in some of the supply outlets during the past two days, which led to a halt Preparing for some stations for a while."

Butterfly   The Minister of Immigration rejects the forced return of Iraqi asylum seekers who have not obtained US citizenship

Wednesday 23 June 2021 16:11,,,,,,,,,,,The Minister of Migration and Displacement, Evan Faeq Jabro, has expressed her rejection of the forced return of Iraqi asylum seekers who have not obtained US citizenship.

The ministry said in a statement that the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / received a copy of it: "The Minister of Migration and Displacement, Evan Faeq Jabro, met, during her official visit to the United States of America, with officials in the US administration concerned with immigration and displacement."

She added: "The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of National Security for International Affairs, the Deputy Minister of National Security for Border and Immigration Policies, the Vice President for International Affairs and Refugees, the Head of the Asylum Unit in America, an official at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the official of the Refugee Transportation Unit, in addition to the Iraqi ambassador to Washington And a number of Iraqi government figures, and the meeting discussed a number of issues that concern the categories of Iraqi refugees and displaced persons.

The Minister of Immigration touched on the issue of the forcible return of Iraqi refugees whose asylum applications were rejected in America and did not obtain American citizenship, indicating that “the Iraqi ministry and government in general stand against forcing refugees to return regardless of the circumstances, especially since the Iraqi has suffered and endured a lot in order to obtain asylum. ".

butterfly   And she stressed "the need to improve the mechanisms for dealing with the file of Iraqis present in those countries and the treatments provided for this purpose in a way that preserves the dignity of Iraqis and enhances their status there."

In the meantime, US officials confirmed the US administration's interest in the refugee issue, noting that "the Iraqis will enjoy privacy from the US administration in accepting their requests and expediting their consideration," according to the statement.

They explained that "practical and quick steps will be taken regarding the requests of Iraqi refugees who are abroad, in addition to reviewing the decisions of the previous US administration to forcibly return Iraqis, and humanitarian cases related to the situation in Iraq will be considered and the delay in return now."

Butterfly   France confirms its readiness to provide consultations for the formation of the (Council of the Federation) in Iraq

Wednesday 23 June 2021 16:23,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, stressed the importance of supporting Iraq in security and economy in order to achieve stability.

Al-Halbousi called, during his meeting today, Wednesday, with the President of the French Senate, Gerard Larcher in Paris, to expand the participation of French companies in investing in Iraq, and to expedite the implementation of strategic projects agreed upon between the two countries. Iraq's economy.

For his part, the President of the French Senate affirmed his country's readiness to provide political, economic and security support to Iraq, pointing to France's readiness to provide its experience and support with ideas and consultations to form the second legislative chamber (the Federation Council) in Iraq, and the continuation of cooperation to combat extremism and terrorism, and to contribute to a greater role for reconstruction. and reconstruction in Iraq, stressing: "France is making efforts to enhance means of cooperation between the two countries."

butterfly   Basra Operations: Military reinforcements to the province to hunt down wanted persons and enforce the rule of law

Wednesday 23 June 2021 14:46,,,,,,,The Basra Operations Command announced the arrival of reinforcements from the federal police forces to the province to hunt down wanted persons and impose the rule of law.

The Basra Operations Command stated in a statement, "After the Army Chief of Staff visited the operations headquarters yesterday, it was decided to strengthen the leadership with human resources, officers and ranks, and modern weapons and mechanisms, which will actively participate in the pursuit of those wanted by the judiciary and the enforcement of the rule of law."

She added, "These measures will enhance the role of the security forces with additional strength, new blood and high maneuvering capabilities."

The Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir Rashid Yarallah, visited Basra Governorate, at the head of a military delegation, and met the security leaders, commanders and officers to review the security file in the governorate.

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