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Iraqi News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Iraqi News
The Political Prisoners Foundation Forms a Special Committee to Ensure Justice for the Fayli Kurds
Baghdad – INA The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Fayli Kurdish Affairs Tariq Al-Mandalawi,, announced on Friday the formation of a special committee at the Political Prisoners Foundation to ensure justice for the Fayli Kurds. In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), Al-Mandalawi said:"In a significant step toward achieving justice and addressing the long-standing exclusion and marginalization of this segment, we announce the establishment of a special committee to review the files of Fayli Kurds at the Political Prisoners Foundation and to approve the inclusion of prisoners, detainees, and those forcibly displaced." He added that:"This step comes under the direct directive of the head of the Political Prisoners Foundation, Walid Al-Sahlani, who ordered the formation of a special committee composed of Fayli Kurds to review the requests submitted by members of the Fayli community. The committee members themselves belong to this community, as they are fully aware of the injustices they endured under the former dictatorial regime. The committee will also re-examine previously rejected cases." He further explained that, 'The committee was formed following a meeting with the head of the Political Prisoners Foundation, during which an official request was submitted on behalf of the Fayli Kurds to address the injustices suffered by this afflicted group." For his part, the head of the Political Prisoners Foundation, Walid Al-Sahlani, affirmed the commitment to seriously reviewing the files of those affected and working to ensure justice in accordance with the laws and regulations in force at the Foundation. He noted that," "This committee will serve as an important milestone in shedding light on the crimes and violations suffered by the Fayli Kurds during the Baathist regime, including genocide, forced displacement, the stripping of Iraqi citizenship, and the confiscation of their properties without legal justification."
Shafaq News
09-03-2025
- Business
- Shafaq News
8,000 MW threat: Iraq faces looming summer blackouts
Shafaq News/ Iraq could lose 8,000 megawatts of electricity due to the halt in Iranian gas supplies, posing a major challenge to the country's power grid, a senior parliamentary official warned on Sunday. Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Electricity Committee, Walid Al-Sahlani, told Shafaq News that Iraq relies on 1,800 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of Iranian gas. "The loss of this supply will significantly impact gas-powered stations and cripple the national grid," he said. The Iraqi government is actively engaging through diplomatic channels, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to secure a US exemption allowing the resumption of Iranian gas imports, Al-Sahlani added. However, he stressed that the core issue is not the import itself but Iraq's inability to settle payments owed to Tehran, which must be resolved to avoid a summer energy crisis. Earlier today, Parliament's Finance Committee Chairman, Atwan Al-Atwani, delivered an urgent message to the US government, warning that halting Iranian gas imports could lead to a collapse of Iraq's power network in the coming summer.
