Iraqi Politician: The main cause of the Iraqi dollar crisis is America itself.
Turki al-Otabi” today (Friday) in an interview with Al-Malouma news agency said: “Mohammed Shia al-Sudani” the Prime Minister of Iraq will soon visit the White House to hold intensive meetings that include 5 important cases, especially economic cases and the need for coordination in check the dollar cash flow file.
He added: The results of this trip cannot be predicted except after holding the meetings, especially that the American government bears a large share of the recent dollar crisis in Iraq.
This Iraqi political activist pointed out that Iraq’s economic situation should gradually change its compass to leave the concept of dollar reserves and diversify it with other hard currencies to deal with any problems and crises.
Iraq’s economic situation is suffering greatly after the significant increase in the price of the dollar in recent weeks.
In this connection, today (Friday) a number of Iraqi citizens attended Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad and demanded a decrease in the price of the US dollar against the dinar.
Sumeria News reported that dozens of supporters of the October Revolution demonstrated in Tahrir Square in the center of the capital and demanded a devaluation of the dollar against the dinar.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani yesterday (Thursday) issued urgent orders to deal with currency smuggling and to arrest smugglers and dollar dealers in this country.