Andreas Papadopulos 𝕏🔁 @[email protected]:

Breaking🇮🇶: Iran announces a “special gift” to Iraq, allowing its crude to pass through the Strait of #Hormuz.

The official spokesperson of #Iran’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Ebrahim Zolfaghari, said Iraq is exempt from any restrictions on passage through Hormuz.

But the timing says more than the statement itself. 🧵

(1) Until yesterday, Iraqi officials were scrambling for alternative crude export outlets, rerouting north (#Ceyhan) and trucking west (#Syria), while losing billions in revenues.

Now suddenly, Baghdad is “gifted” an exemption.

(2) Iraq has been the hardest hit by Iran’s Hormuz closure:

• Monthly revenues fell from ~$6.8bn in February to ~$1.9bn in March
• This left #Baghdad with a ~5 trillion Iraqi dinar gap just to pay salaries in a country with near-total dependence on oil revenues

(3) This isn’t just about Iraq.

Iraqi oil revenues remain a key source of dollar liquidity, including for Tehran itself.

At the same time, Iran-aligned Iraqi militias, some now reportedly operating in Iran, depend on that same financial ecosystem.

(4) Iraq has shut in many of its oil fields, with production falling from around 4.4mn b/d , including from the KRG, prior to the war, to around 900,000–950,000 b/d now, according to @[email protected] estimates.

Monitoring Iraq’s production and tanker movements will be key.

#oott

RaiNews: A Baghdad migliaia manifestano contro la guerra all'Iran

Nella piazza centrale della capitale irachena i sostenitori di Moqtada al Sadr hanno dato vita a una grande manifestazione di protesta contro la guerra all'Iran

In Baghdad, thousands protest against the war with Iran.

In the central square of Iraq’s capital, supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr staged a large protest demonstration against the war with Iran.

#Baghdad #Moqtadaal-Sadr

https://www.rainews.it/video/2026/04/iraq-manifestazione-contro-guerra-a-iran-2f3f134a-84ac-46b9-a677-cb3e8b6a5e50.html

Corriere.it - Homepage: Migliaia a Baghdad contro gli attacchi di Usa e Israele nella regione

Thousands in Baghdad against the attacks by the US and Israel in the region.

#Baghdad #Israel

https://video.corriere.it/esteri/migliaia-di-persone-in-piazza-a-baghdad-contro-gli-attacchi-di-usa-e-israele-nella-regione/9a8f332d-c662-4cda-bed0-b8da06bb8xlk

Massive crowds rally in Baghdad, Iraq, to condemn the ongoing US-Israeli aggression on Iran.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Iran #Baghdad #Iraq

The district governor of Baghdad, Kabul, told Radio Harat that a house in the Gosfandaran village collapsed last night due to the earthquake, resulting in the deaths of eight members of a family and injuring another.

In the Mohammad Agha district of Logar, one house was completely destroyed, and two others were partially damaged.

Javid Fazli, the press officer of the Disaster Response Directorate in Logar, told Radio Harat that no one suffered serious injuries in the incident.

Fazli also stated that floods in Logar have damaged 300 homes and destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.

Last night, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook many parts of the country, including Kabul, as well as areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Indian-administered Kashmir. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the Jarm district of Badakhshan province.

#RadioHarat

Website link: https://hurriyat.af

د کابل بګرامیو ولسوال حریت راډیو ته وویل، ګوسفندرې کلي کې د تیرې شپې زلزلې له امله یو کور نړیدلی چې له امله یې د یوې کورنۍ اته غړي شهیدان او یو بل ټپي دی.

د لوګر محمداغې ولسوالۍ کې بیا یو کور په بشپړ ډول او دوه نور نیمايي ویجاړ شوي دي.

لوګر کې د پېښو سره د مبارزې ریاست مطبوعاتي مسؤل جاوید فضلي حریت ته ویلي، په دې پېښه کې چاته د سر زیان نه دی اوښتی.

فضلي دا هم ویلي، لوګر کې سیلابونو بیا ۳۰۰ کورونه زیانمن کړي او زرګونه جریبه کرنیزه ځمکه یې تخریب کړې ده.

تېره شپه د ریښتر په کچه ۵.۸ درجې زلزلې د کابل په ګډون د هېواد ډیری سیمې، خیبر پښتونخوا او ان کشمیر کې یو شمیر سیمې لړزولې دي، ددې زلزلې مرکز بدخشان ولایت جرم ولسوالۍ کې و.

#حریت_راډیو

ویب‌سایټ لېنک: https://hurriyat.af

Source: Hurriyat Radio Pashto (@HurriyatPa)
[ https://x.com/HurriyatPa/status/2040312392735658055 ]

#Afghanistan #Kabul #Badakhshan #Logar #Baghdad

Primo piano ANSA - ANSA.it: Contatti tra i rapitori e Baghdad per Kittleson, la Farnesina segue il caso

'I miliziani offrono uno scambio di prigionieri'. Allarme Usa per attacchi a Baghdad

Contacts between the kidnappers and Baghdad for Kittleson, the Farnesina follows the case.

"The militants offer a prisoner exchange." U.S. alarm over attacks in Baghdad.

#Baghdad #Kittleson #Farnesina

https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/2026/04/02/contatti-tra-i-rapitori-e-baghdad-per-kittleson-la-farnesina-segue-il-caso_6bd6c94e-a624-4c70-bb33-47e1a04063fb.html

Iraq Arrests Suspect Linked To Pro-Iran Group for Kidnapping of U.S. Journalist

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/iraq-arrests-suspect-linked-to-pro-iran-group-for-kidnapping-of-usa-journalist-baghdad/

US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq

As a freelance journalist, Shelly #Kittleson has extensively covered #Syria and #Iraq. She was abducted in the heart of #Baghdad, with the kidnappers thought to be #Iran-backed militia Kataeb Hezbollah.

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260401-us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-kidnapped-in-iraq

#News #USANews #Iraq #IraqNews #USA

American journalist kidnapped in Iraq was warned of threats: officials

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11755228/american-journalist-kidnapped-warned-of-threats-officials/