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Story updateNew09 Oct, 20:01 BAGHDAD

First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fayhan defends exchange-rate adjustment – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV

THE FILE10 SIGNALS · OPENED 08 Oct
  1. 08 Oct, 21:49Framework proposes currency mitigation measures, Watan TV reports
  2. 08 Oct, 23:47Framework currency remedies circulate alongside competing fiscal arguments
  3. 09 Oct, 02:32Reconstruction and Development Coalition member Alaa Thamer says dollar-rate rise is necessary
  4. 09 Oct, 04:30Former MP Muhammad al-Shabaki criticizes Zaidi’s economic vision – Badr Organization-owned Al-Ghadeer TV
  5. 09 Oct, 07:31Dollar and fuel costs pressure Basra’s building market – Harakat al-Jihad wal-Bina-owned Al-Janoub TV
  6. 09 Oct, 11:42Prime Minister al-Zaidi cites debt to justify exchange-rate rise – KH-owned Al-Ittijah TV
  7. 09 Oct, 16:46Iqtadar and Hikma guests defend the exchange-rate change – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
  8. 09 Oct, 17:43Economic expert Ali Hussein links currency change to salaries – Al-Ahad TV
  9. 09 Oct, 19:37Economic expert Haidar al-Suhail says government cannot control parallel market – Al-Ahad TV
  10. 09 Oct, 20:41First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fayhan defends exchange-rate adjustment – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
WHAT HAPPENED

On 9 October, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) attributed to First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fayhan the position that changing the exchange rate was the least harmful economic measure, alongside demands that the government control the dollar-to-dinar rate and reduce harm to poor and middle-income households. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) separately quoted an unidentified economic expert saying that paying employees in dollars would exhaust Central Bank reserves within eight months.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media09 Oct, 19:38

    “Adnan Fayhan: Changing the exchange rate is the least harmful measure for the Iraqi economy.”

    عدنان فيحان: تغيير سعر الصرف الإجراء الأقل ضررا على الاقتصاد العراقي

  2. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated/aligned media09 Oct, 20:01

    “Economic expert: Paying employees’ salaries in dollars would drain Central Bank reserves within only eight months.”

    خبير اقتصادي: دفع رواتب الموظفين بالدولار يستنزف احتياطيات البنك المركزي خلال 8 أشهر فقط

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

The distinction is between defending a currency adjustment and questioning a salary-payment alternative, not between two incompatible answers to the same financial proposal.