Mohammed Haji Mahmoud, leader of the Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party, criticized Baghdad’s reductions to Kurdistan’s budget share, urging Kurdish unity and solutions to ongoing political and financial disputes.

Iraq’s Oil Ministry spokesperson Salim Rukabi said the country generated a record $7.7 billion in oil revenue in September from exports of 90 million barrels. He added that Iraq is negotiating with OPEC to raise its export quota.

Iraq’s Oil Minister Basim al-Abadi has instructed oil extraction companies to submit plans to increase production and exports, aligning output with the country’s oil wealth to boost state revenues, support public services, and strengthen the national economy.

Iraq’s government spokesperson Haider al-Abadi says Baghdad is coordinating with Turkey and Iran to resolve the presence of Kurdish armed groups in Iraq, particularly the PKK and Iranian Kurdish groups in the Kurdistan Region.

Abu Karwan, Secretary of the Communist Party, told Kurdsat that, since the Interior Ministry is a point of contention in the government formation process, it should be given to an independent technocrat. 

Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Al Sadiq said Iran and Iraq agreed to expel Iranian separatist group members from the Kurdistan Region or hand them over to Iran during a joint security committee meeting.

Iraq’s Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities will launch a new housing loan program in January, offering interest-free loans of up to 60 million dinars, repayable over 15 years with administrative fees capped at 2%.

The KDP parliamentary bloc called on all Kurdistan Parliament factions to resume parliamentary sessions, stressing the need to elect the presidency and fulfill constitutional duties, two years after the sixth parliamentary election.

Iraq’s parliamentary Finance Committee plans to summon officials over potential borrowing from the IMF, saying it was not consulted and that currency devaluation aimed to avoid foreign loans and their conditions.

Iraq’s Coordination Framework formed a high-level committee to review suspended constitutional laws and legislation needed to implement the government’s program, while discussing the June 2027 deadline for addressing weapons outside state control.