Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi saying Iraq is among the countries most harmed by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, that every unsold barrel is a delayed salary or lost public service, that Iraq cannot remain hostage to a single export route, and that some officials claim high-mindedness to evade responsibility. Minutes earlier Al-Ghadeer TV (Badr Organization — official) carried Finance Minister Falih Sari telling the governor of Iran's central bank that the closure has had negative effects on the Iraqi economy. Both are relays of government statements; the desk's own collection measured the Hormuz theme across twelve of thirty-four watched channels in five networks since 10 August, so these two posts are a sample of a network-wide move.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated17 Aug, 16:53
“Iraq is among the countries most harmed by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz... Iraq cannot remain hostage to a single route for exporting its oil.”
العراق من أكثر البلدان تضرراً من إغلاق مضيق هرمز... لا يمكن للعراق أن يبقى أسير ممر واحد لتصدير نفطه
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official17 Aug, 16:56
“Finance Minister Falih Sari to the governor of the Iranian central bank: the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has had negative effects on the Iraqi economy.”
وزير المالية فالح ساري لمحافظ البنك المركزي الإيراني: إغلاق مضيق هرمز ترك آثاراً سلبية على الاقتصاد العراقي
Badr's channels are circulating an Iraqi-cost accounting of a regional maritime disruption rather than a resistance framing of it, and are doing so while relaying an Iraqi minister's complaint delivered to an Iranian institution.