Corruption
Corruption
Hoshyar Zebari, sacked for corruption, backs Iraq’s anti-graft sweep
Hoshyar Zebari, senior KDP official, Iraq's former finance minister and Massoud Barzani's uncle, November 18, 2025. Photo: MEPS forum/X. ERBIL,—...
Iraq arrests politicians, officials in anti-corruption sweep
Iraqi MP Ziyad al-Janabi was reportedly arrested in Erbil and transferred to authorities in Baghdad in 2026. Photo: INA BAGHDAD,—...
Why Iraqis and Kurdistan Citizens Don’t Trust Banks?
Some elderly Kurdish retirees count the cash from their long-delayed pensions, while others wait in line in Sulaimani city, Iraqi...
Trump Is Right: Kurdish Leaders Stole Our Nation’s Honor
U.S. President Donald Trump, April 23, 2026. Photo: The White House. Corrupt Kurdish Leaders Are Destroying the Kurdish Image Trump...
Trump blasts Iraqi Kurds over weapons intended for Iran protesters
U.S. President Donald Trump, April 23, 2026. Photo: The White House. WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday again accused...
The Barzani Era: Corruption, Division, and Military Failure
Massoud Barzani, tribal leader in Iraqi Kurdistan and head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), 2025. Photo: Barzani's Press Office/via...
US seeks to seize Barzani mansion over alleged $30M fraud: OCCRP
Mansour Barzani, right, with his brother Masrour Barzani, 2021. Photo: Barzani's Press Office/via iKurd.net WASHINGTON,— The U.S. Department of Justice...
Trump urges Kurds to stay out of Iran war
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White...
Can AI Ministers Cleanse Corruption in Iraqi Kurdistan? Learning from Albania’s Experiment
A composite photo featuring tribal leader and KDP President Massoud Barzani (center), alongside his son, Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of...
Masrour Barzani tried buying U.S. zero-click spyware, faces lawsuit: report
Masrour Barzani, Caretaker Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, 2025. Credit: iKurd.net/K24. NEW YORK,— A legal complaint filed in...
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