Al-Ahad TV, Asaib Ahl al-Haq's official owned media, posted at 08:55 on 2026-07-28 the headline "وثائق تكشف خلو الاتفاق مع تركيا من التزامات بالاطلاقات المائية وتشغيل السدود" — "documents reveal the agreement with Turkey is devoid of commitments on water releases and dam operation" — carried as a studio segment. Visual review shows a presenter before on-screen documents including a Ministry of Foreign Affairs letterhead, with visible text stating that with reference to the 2014 Iraq-Turkey water memorandum of understanding the Iraqi side requested inclusion of a clause committing Turkey to regular and regulated water releases and to exchange of hydrological data and dam and reservoir operating plans on the Tigris and Euphrates, "ورفض الجانب التركي ذلك" — "and the Turkish side refused that." No other tracked channel in the collected window carried or contested the segment, and no external media reporting on the agreement was supplied for comparison.
Water scarcity is among the most politically combustible service grievances in the Shia south, AAH's own constituency, and owning the file gives AAH a durable stick against the government and a foreign-policy lane ahead of any renegotiation with Ankara.