Iraqi officials, including lawmakers, arrested on corruption charges in overnight raid

World News breaking Iraqi officials, including lawmakers, arrested on corruption charges in overnight raid By Associated Press Published June 28, 2026, 4:27 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq’s state-run Iraqi News Agency reported. It said the arrests were based on statement made by former Deputy Minister of Oil Adnan al-Jumaili, who was arrested last month, and “included members of Parliament whose immunity had been lifted.” Iraqi security forces sealed off all entrances to the capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone early Sunday and carried out raids inside the compound that houses key government institutions and foreign embassies.

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