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20 Aug, 23:46 BAGHDAD

Al-Ahad TV runs agriculture minister on land, contracts and Nineveh farming ban

WHAT HAPPENED

Within forty seconds on the evening of 20 August 2026, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) posted three segments from its programme Nisf Da'ira with Agriculture Minister Abdul Rahim al-Shammari: that investors with influence are converting Baghdad agricultural land to residential use, that junior second-line ministry employees were found arranging contracts and sales as part of anti-corruption work, and that farmers in the disputed areas are prohibited from cultivating their land. The third was posted under the channel's own question asking whether the Kurdistan Democratic Party is pressuring farmers in Nineveh; the minister's quoted answer names the disputed areas and does not name the party. Visual review of that segment shows an on-screen line attributed to al-Shammari about competition between Nineveh and Wasit for the title of Iraq's breadbasket.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 23:46

    “The first challenge: Agriculture Minister Abdul Rahim al-Shammari: investors with influence are converting Baghdad's agricultural land into residential land — is the capital fit to live in?”

    التحدي الاول… وزير الزراعة عبد الرحيم الشمري: مستثمرون لديهم نفوذ يحولون الاراضي الزراعية في بغداد إلى سكنية… هل العاصمة صالحة للسكن؟

  2. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 23:46

    “As part of combating corruption: Agriculture Minister Abdul Rahim al-Shammari: we found junior second-line employees arranging the contracts and the sales.”

    ضمن مكافحة الفساد… وزير الزراعة عبد الرحيم الشمري: وجدنا موظفين صغار من الخط الثاني يرتبون العقود وعمليات البيع

  3. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official20 Aug, 23:46

    “Does the Kurdistan Democratic Party trouble the farmers in Nineveh? Agriculture Minister Abdul Rahim al-Shammari answers: the farmers in the disputed areas are prohibited from cultivating them.”

    هل يضايق الحزب الديمقراطي المزارعين في نينوى؟… وزير الزراعة عبد الرحيم الشمري يجيب: الفلاحون في المناطق المتنازع عليها ممنوعون من زراعتها

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement.
WHY IT MATTERS

Land conversion in Baghdad, ministry contract handling and cultivation rights in the disputed areas are three distinct levers over money and territory, and the same channel put all three in front of its audience in under a minute with a Kurdish party named in the framing of one of them.