Across roughly 25 minutes early this afternoon on 8 August 2026, Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official owned media) posted the line twice, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) posted it in matching wording, and Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated media) posted a variant crediting the statement to Prime Minister al-Zaidi speaking to French President Macron. Al-Ahad TV's graphic paired portraits of Macron and the prime minister. All four posts name the Iraqi government as the source and add no faction voice, no enforcement language and no consequence if the date passes. Confidence is credible: four posts across two factions' outlets agree on the wording and the date, and nothing in the supplied material contradicts them.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media08 Aug, 15:27
“The prime minister stresses that 30 September next represents the final deadline for the withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq.”
رئيس الوزراء يشدد على أن 30 أيلول المقبل يمثل الموعد النهائي لانسحاب قوات التحالف من العراق
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media08 Aug, 15:29
“The prime minister stresses that 30 September is the final deadline for the withdrawal of 'coalition forces' from Iraq.”
رئيس الوزراء يشدد على أن 30 أيلول الموعد النهائي لانسحاب "قوات التحالف" من العراق
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated media08 Aug, 15:34
“Al-Zaidi to Macron: 30 September next represents the final deadline for the withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq.”
الزيدي لماكرون: 30 أيلول المقبل يمثل الموعد النهائي لانسحاب قوات التحالف من العراق
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media08 Aug, 15:51
“The prime minister stresses that 30 September is the final deadline for the withdrawal of 'coalition forces' from Iraq.”
رئيس الوزراء يشدد على أن 30 أيلول الموعد النهائي لانسحاب "قوات التحالف" من العراق
Where these two estates converge word-for-word on a date, the deadline becomes the shared reference point for any later faction argument about coalition presence, and the government carries the authorship.