Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi MPs: Hashd al-Shaabi Smuggling Oil to Iran, Government Cannot Intervene

Apr 12, 2018 | Baxtiyar Goran, Kurdistan 24
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The Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi has been smuggling crude oil from Kirkuk and using the revenue to strengthen itself amid silence from the Iraqi government, a Kurdish Member of the Iraqi Parliament told Kurdistan 24 in an interview on Thursday. Ashwaq Jaff, a Kurdish MP in the Iraqi government, claimed the Hashd al-Shaabi factions, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), are smuggling oil from Kirkuk and other areas under their control into Iran.