Baghdad Accuses Tehran, Washington of ‘Strangling’ the Iraqi Economy

Iraqi government spokesman Haider Al-Aboudi has accused both Iran and the United States of “strangling” Iraq’s economy by failing to grant exemptions that would allow Iraqi oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz. In a television interview, Al-Aboudi said: “Iraq’s economy is living under the burden of a suffocating blockade, with a complete absence of any Iranian or American response to granting