On the morning of 17 August, KSS-affiliated iNEWS carried the Iraqi central bank's account of its governor receiving his Iranian counterpart to discuss financial and banking cooperation, the mechanism for settling financial dues, and the regulation of trade exchanges under governance, transparency and international-compliance standards. The post reproduces the bank's own wording with an image of the two officials before Iraqi and Iranian flags and adds no comment of its own. It is a single-channel relay of an official statement, so it is filed as such rather than as a faction position.
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated17 Aug, 13:15
“The governor of the Central Bank of Iraq receives his Iranian counterpart to discuss prospects for financial and banking cooperation … the meeting discussed the mechanism for settling financial dues and regulating trade exchanges in accordance with governance, transparency and international compliance standards”
محافظ البنك المركزي العراقي يستقبل نظيره الإيراني لبحث آفاق التعاون المالي والمصرفي … اللقاء ناقش آلية تسوية المستحقات المالية وتنظيم التبادلات التجارية وفق معايير الحوكمة والشفافية والامتثال الدولي
Watch: a faction channel adding its own line to the settlement file, a named mechanism or figure for the dues, a U.S. Treasury or sanctions response, or Iraqi banking-sector pushback — any of these moves this file.