On 2 October, Muntasirun bloc head and MP Falih al-Khazali (KSS — Muntasirun bloc) attributed at least 500 billion dinars in annual Iraqi losses to the U.S. Treasury decision and government implementation, identifying ground-service fees, passenger taxes, religious-tourism income, and burdens on sick travelers and Iraqi students. Sabereen News (KH — affiliated/aligned media), Unit 10,000 (KH — affiliated/aligned media), and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) carried his remarks. The channels reproduced his estimate; their publications establish its circulation rather than independently corroborating the losses.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media02 Oct, 16:52
“The U.S. Treasury decision and its implementation by the government cost Iraq no less than 500 billion dinars annually in ground-service fees and passenger taxes, besides the decision’s effect on religious tourism and its returns for the private sector, as well as harm to sick travelers and the burden of travel for Iraqi students. Rejecting the decision is a choice for sovereignty.”
قرار الخزانة الامريكية وتنفيذ من قبل الحكومة يكلف العراق ما لا يقل عن ٥٠٠ مليار دينار سنويا عن اجور خدمات أرضية وضريبة مسافر فضلا عن اثر القرار على السياحة الدينية ومردوداتها للقطاع الخاص، وكذلك الحاق الأذى بالمسافرين المرضى وعُناء السفر للطلبة العراقيين، رفض القرار اختيار للسيادة.
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media02 Oct, 16:55
“MP Falih al-Khazali: The U.S. Treasury decision, and its implementation by the government, cost Iraq no less than 500 billion dinars annually.”
النائب فالح الخزعلي: قرار الخزانة الامريكية يكلف وتنفيذه من قبل الحكومة يكلف العراق ما لايقل عن ٥٠٠ مليار دينار سنويا.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media02 Oct, 17:09
“Head of the Muntasirun parliamentary bloc Falih al-Khazali: Iraq’s rejection of the decision to ban Iranian civil aviation is a test of the country’s sovereignty. MP al-Khazali: The U.S. Treasury decision and its implementation by the government cost Iraq no less than 500 billion dinars annually.”
رئيس كتلة منتصرون النيابية فالح الخزعلي: رفض العراق لقرار حظر الطيران المدني الإيراني هو اختبار لسيادة البلاد النائب الخزعلي: قرار الخزانة الأمريكية وتنفيذه من قبل الحكومة يكلف العراق ما لا يقل عن 500 مليار دينار سنويا
The observable cross-faction overlap is amplification of the same politician’s economic and sovereignty argument, not separate faction statements endorsing his calculation.