Iraq PM, Iran president vow to fight 'terror'
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was received by President Raisi, who expressed hopes of bolstering ties.
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Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was received by President Raisi, who expressed hopes of bolstering ties.
Iraq has recovered "part" of $2.5 billion in public funds fraudulently withdrawn from a government account, the prime minister said Sunday.
Iraq said that they have recovered a “part” of $2.5 billion in public funds which were embezzled from the government’s tax authority after a massive scheme involving officials and businesses, in a statement, on Sunday. The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, said that they have retrieved at least $125 million (182 billion Iraqi dinars) from a businessman detained in connection with the fraud.
In the wake of the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad earlier this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi pledged that a security breach in the capital city "would not be repeated", stressing the need to urgently address the challenges facing by the country's intelligence services. A statement by his office issued on Friday said that al-Kadhimi's comments came during the extraordinary session of the Ministerial Council for National Security a day after the deadly bombings that killed 32 people and injured 116 others, reports Xinhua news agency. "What happened yesterday is a breach tha...