Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) — The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has issued formal directives ordering the comprehensive freezing of all movable and immovable assets belonging to prominent lawmakers, former officials, and political figures arrested during the high-profile Green Dawn operation, according to an official directive obtained by the 964 Network on Friday, August 28, 2026.
The banking circular, issued by the CBI’s Legal Affairs Department to all licensed operating banks across Iraq, enforces an administrative request from the Ministry of Finance predicated on a judicial order issued by the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Investigative Court.
Targeted Lawmakers and High-Profile Figures
The asset-freeze schedule names 12 high-profile political and executive figures:
Muthanna Al-Samarrai(Member of Parliament / Azm Alliance Leader)
Bahaa Al-Din Al-Nouri(Member of Parliament)
Ziad Al-Janabi(Member of Parliament)
Abdul Rahman Al-Luwaizi(Member of Parliament)
Mohammed Farman Al-Jubouri(Member of Parliament)
Hind Al-Abbasi(Member of Parliament)
Bushra Al-Qaisi(Member of Parliament)
Mudhar Al-Kuri(Member of Parliament)
Ashwaq Al-Jubouri(Member of Parliament)
Aliah Nassif(Member of Parliament)
Mohammed Al-Sayhood(Former Member of Parliament)
Ibrahim Al-Sumaidaie(Former Political Adviser to the Prime Minister)
Judicial and Administrative Framework
Judicial Order No. 555: The freeze order executes Decision No. 555, handed down on July 13, 2026, by the Investigative Judge at the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court.
Baghdad/Karkh Court of Appeal: The decision was officially communicated via formal correspondence from the Presidency of the Baghdad/Karkh Federal Court of Appeal dated July 27, 2026.
Inter-Agency Enforcement: The Ministry of Finance subsequently directed the Central Bank of Iraq to instruct the national financial network to freeze all liquidity, deposit accounts, shares, and registered real estate assets under the defendants’ names.
Asset Disclosure Requirement: Licensed commercial banks were instructed to immediately identify any existing liquid balances, credit assets, or safe-deposit holdings registered to the named individuals and notify the requesting judicial and financial authorities to execute statutory asset impoundment.
The wide-ranging asset freeze following Operation Green Dawn represents one of the most extensive joint judicial-executive crackdowns on high-level political corruption in Iraq’s modern legislative history.
By freezing domestic banking assets and properties of sitting and former parliamentarians across multiple political factions, the specialized anti-corruption judiciary aims to prevent capital flight, safeguard contested public funds, and ensure full transparency during subsequent criminal court proceedings.