Iraq arrests 47 officials in anti-corruption crackdown

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Security services enter the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as the new prime minister steps up action to tackle the problem Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (right) meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (left) in Baghdad’s Green Zone, in a handout image released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office on 28 June 2026 (AFP) Off Iraqi authorities have arrested 47 officials in an anti-corruption campaign led by new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said on Sunday. I