On 27 October, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) quoted political and economic affairs researcher Ramadan al-Badran saying Washington wants to determine how Iraq uses dollars, while Sabereen News (KH — affiliated/aligned media) relayed MP Hayam al-Yasiri’s allegation that external dictates drove the exchange-rate increase. Al-Ahad also quoted Central Bank spokesman Mahmoud Dagher saying pressure on Baghdad speculators displaced them to Kurdistan, where they operated freely, and that changing the exchange rate was a supplementary rather than primary solution.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media27 Oct, 21:06
“Central Bank spokesman Mahmoud Dagher: When we tightened pressure on the “speculators” at the Baghdad exchange, they moved to Kurdistan and operated there freely.”
المتحدث باسم البنك المركزي محمود داغر: عندما ضيقنا الخناق على "المضاربين" في بورصة بغداد انتقلوا إلى كردستان وعملوا هناك بحرية
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media27 Oct, 21:09
“The parallel market cannot be eliminated. Dagher: Changing the exchange rate is a “supplementary,” not primary, solution.”
السوق الموازي لا يمكن إنهاؤه.. داغر: تغيير سعر الصرف حل "مساعد" وليس رئيسي
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media27 Oct, 21:10
“MP Hayam al-Yasiri: External dictates are behind the exchange-rate increase in Iraq.”
النائب هيام الياسري : إملاءات خارجية تقف وراء رفع سعر الصرف في العراق.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media27 Oct, 21:14
“Al-Badran: Washington wants Iraq to use the dollar in the way it desires.”
البدران: واشنطن تريد أن يستخدم العراق الدولار بالطريقة التي ترغب بها