Between roughly 09:11 and 10:06 this morning the Iraqi oil minister's remarks on the Strait of Hormuz moved through four militia-linked channels. Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) carried both halves — the ministry's success in securing petroleum products and the crisis's effect on crude exports requiring solutions — while Al-Ahad TV (Asaib Ahl al-Haq — official) carried only the export-damage half and Unit 10,000 (Kata'ib Hezbollah — affiliated) only the supply-success half. iNEWS (Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada — affiliated) went further than all of them, publishing a 75% export decline attributed to the closure of the strait and "the American blockade on it", plus the minister's line that a dialogue with Iran on permitting Iraqi oil exports exists but is not yet activated.
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official08 Aug, 12:11
“The oil minister: the ministry succeeded in securing petroleum products despite navigation challenges and the Strait of Hormuz crisis.”
وزير النفط: الوزارة نجحت في تأمين المنتجات النفطية رغم تحديات الملاحة وأزمة مضيق هرمز
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated08 Aug, 12:12
“The Ministry of Oil: we succeeded in securing petroleum products despite navigation challenges and the Strait of Hormuz crisis.”
وزارة النفط: نجحنا في تأمين المنتجات النفطية رغم تحديات الملاحة وأزمة مضيق هرمز
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official08 Aug, 12:22
“The oil minister: the Hormuz crisis affected crude exports, and it has become necessary for us to find solutions.”
وزير النفط: أزمة هرمز أثرت على تصدير الخام وبات لزاما علينا إيجاد حلول
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official08 Aug, 12:23
“The oil minister: the Strait of Hormuz crisis affected crude exports, and it has become incumbent on us to find solutions so this is not repeated.”
وزير النفط: أزمة مضيق هرمز أثرت على تصدير الخام وبات لزاماً علينا إيجاد حلول لعدم تكرار ذلك
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated08 Aug, 13:06
“The oil minister announces a 75% decline in oil exports due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the American blockade on it — The oil minister: we have a dialogue with Iran to permit the export of Iraqi oil, but it is not activated yet.”
وزير النفط يعلن تراجع صادرات النفط بنسبة 75% بسبب إغلاق مضيق هرمز والحصار الامريكي عليه — وزير النفط: لدينا حوار مع إيران للسماح بتصدير النفط العراقي لكنه غير مفعل حتى الآن
The same state briefing is producing two different Iraqi economies in militia media within one hour — a functioning ministry in one, a 75% export collapse caused by an American blockade in another — and only one channel is naming a foreign culprit.