Iraqi News Agency – INA reported that “the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani, approved the results of the investigative procedures in the incident of the assault on the Karkh Agriculture Department.” According to the statement, “there is a flaw in the leadership and control file of the Popular Mobilization Forces,” confirming “all those involved in the assault on the Karkh Agriculture Department will be referred to the judiciary.” The Iraqi army announced “the dismissal of two leaders in the Popular Mobilization Forces from their positions following this assault,” affirming “the address of any non-compliance with regulations by some formations of the Popular Mobilization.” Recently, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced they stormed one of the Ministry of Agriculture departments after the new director took office, while the Prime Minister ordered the formation of a high-level committee to investigate the circumstances of the incident in one of the agriculture departments in the Karkh side of Baghdad. The ministry stated in its statement that it “will not allow any transgression on state institutions or threats to the authority of the law, considering the prestige of the state and the sovereignty of the law as a red line that cannot be compromised.” For his part, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani, emphasized “the necessity of not being lenient in the duty of upholding the law and protecting state institutions,” pointing out that “no one has the right to replace the state or its authorities, and there is no entity above the law.” The media office of the Iraqi Prime Minister stated in a statement that Al Sudani “emphasized, during his chairing of an urgent security meeting, the necessity of not being lenient in the duty of upholding the law and protecting state institutions, and proceeding with the investigation to uncover the details in which the aggressors intervened and moved without prior security approval.”
