How to hire foreign staff in federal Iraq under Instructions No. 1 of 2026: who can apply, the ten conditions including the 50% cap and labour market test, the permit process, renewal, cancellation grounds and social security costs.
دليل عملي لتسجيل فرع شركة أجنبية في العراق وفق نظام فروع الشركات الأجنبية رقم 2 لسنة 2017: شروط التسجيل، والوثائق المطلوبة، والتصديق، ومدد المسجل، ومتطلبات ما بعد الإجازة، استناداً إلى دليل دائرة تسجيل الشركات في وزارة التجارة.
A step by step guide to registering a foreign company branch in Iraq under Regulation No. 2 of 2017: eligibility, required documents, authentication, registrar timelines, post-licence filings and ongoing obligations, based on the Ministry of Trade registrar guide.
On 7 October 2026, Iraq’s Ministry of Finance confirmed that the official exchange rate has moved from 1,310 to 1,500
On 4 October 2026, Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi ordered a package of about 3.5 trillion dinars (roughly $2.67 billion), according
Cabinet Decision No. 413 ties Iraq import duty assessments to the importer’s own submitted paperwork, checked against a tariff schedule not yet published, effective 1 October 2026.
OFAC designated all 27 remaining Iranian airlines on 8 September, and the cargo agents and general sales agents that served them. Iraq is reported to be enforcing from 22 September. For companies operating in Iraq, the exposure sits in the service chain, not only the named counterparty.
Iraq and France signed six instruments at the Elysee Palace on 14 September 2026, using at least three different legal forms. None of them, on the reporting available, is a supply contract. For companies in the chain below, the document that matters is the one still to be drafted.
Today, 1 September 2026, was the announced commencement date for three separate Iraqi Cabinet measures. The first is the crude
Two current sources describe Iraqi merger control in ways that cannot both be right, and if your company is signing
