In the earliest of the four Nisf Da'ira segments, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) carried Haidar al-Aboudi saying Iraqi oil exports had stalled because of obstacles at Hormuz, that the closure of the strait caused a shock, that monthly oil revenues are unstable, and that the state requires 10.8 trillion dinars for salaries and expenditures while remaining, in his words, far from bankruptcy. He said Baghdad had heard from the Iranian side that Iraqi oil would be included in an exemption, but that on the ground no exemption exists for Iraqi oil to pass through Hormuz. A separate segment put the Development Road cost at $18 billion and denied any move by the prime minister to resign.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media02 Aug, 21:44
“Our oil exports have stalled because of the obstacles at Hormuz; the closure of the Strait of Hormuz caused a shock; we need ten trillion eight hundred billion for salaries and expenditures; we heard from the Iranian side that Iraqi oil would be included in the exemption; on the ground there is no exemption for Iraqi oil to pass through Hormuz.”
صادراتنا النفطية تعثرت بسبب العوائق في هرمز - اغلاق مضيق هرمز تسبب بصدمة - نحتاج عشرة تريليونات و800 مليار كرواتب ونفقات - سمعنا من الجانب الإيراني بشمول النفط العراقي بالاستثناء - على الارض لا يوجد استثناء للنفط العراقي للمرور عبر هرمز
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media02 Aug, 21:46
“The Ministry of Finance is capable of overcoming the crisis; the government is working on finding alternatives for oil export; the cost of completing the Development Road is $18 billion; no direction to resign has come from the prime minister.”
وزارة المالية قادرة على تجاوز الازمة - الحكومة تعمل على ايجاد بدائل لتصدير النفط - كلفة انجاز طريق التنمية تبلغ 18 مليار دولار - لم يصدر من رئيس الوزراء اي توجه بالاستقالة
The fiscal figures and the unfulfilled exemption place Iraq's salary bill and export revenue at the centre of the crisis narrative on a faction platform, which is where pressure on the government over pay and services is normally generated.