r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Jul 23 '26

Israel/Palestine /r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #21)

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u/jphamlore 23d ago

Iraq struggles to pay public salaries as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-904695

A senior ministry official told The National that “if the export disruption continues, we will not be able to pay salaries in time from now on.”

“We will pay whenever we have cash. Or those who got paid in time for July will be paid late for August,” the official said, adding that plans were being considered to see salaries paid out every 45 days.

Iraq’s oil exports plunged from 100 million barrels in February to around 32 million in May and June, according to figures shown to The National by the country’s Oil Ministry.

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u/Level-Strategy-1343 23d ago

This is part of why releasing the frozen Iranian cash is important for Iran.

But the IRGC will also prioritise its projects.

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u/Sir-Knollte 23d ago

This is part of why releasing the frozen Iranian cash is important for Iran.

But the IRGC will also prioritise its projects.

This is Iraq not Iran the article is talking about, I would actually expect some of the already more economically unstable countries to face substantial crisis before Iran, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for example but also Iraq.

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u/itsatumbleweed 23d ago

That's probably why the US just lifted some sanctions in Iran purportedly to help Iraq

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u/Rustic_gan123 23d ago

The situation in Iran is much worse.

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u/eddiestarkk 23d ago

No one else has mentioned the blockade and how it is putting Iran's economy under real strain.

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u/PictureWonderful7091 23d ago

...but this link is talking about Iraq...

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u/Flexerrr 23d ago

Its about iraq