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BAGHDAD
\n\"Iraq<\/p>\n

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Iraq<\/a> is expanding a nationwide network of offices for registering and licensing firearms as part of a government drive to bring weapons under state control<\/a>, a senior security official has said.<\/p>\n

Lieutenant General Saad Maan, head of Iraq\u2019s Security Media Cell, told the Iraqi News Agency that a security committee affiliated with the Interior Ministry was continuing to open registration offices across the country.<\/p>\n

The program aims to place organized armed activity under official security and military institutions, regulate civilian firearm ownership, collect unlicensed weapons and combat illegal arms trafficking, Maan said.<\/p>\n

He said the measures would improve public safety and strengthen confidence in the country\u2019s security institutions.<\/p>\n

Iraq had also recorded a marked decline in armed tribal violence, with such incidents nearly disappearing in some areas, Maan said.<\/p>\n

He attributed the decline partly to the judiciary\u2019s treatment of armed tribal attacks intended to intimidate residents as terrorism offenses.<\/p>\n

Sabah al-Nu\u2019man, spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, announced on June 3 that a committee had been formed to oversee efforts to bring weapons under state control and had begun its work.<\/p>\n

The initiative is part of Baghdad\u2019s efforts to strengthen domestic stability and limit the impact of regional tensions on the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAGHDAD \u00a0 Iraq is expanding a nationwide network of offices for registering and licensing firearms as part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[2504,26655,94],"class_list":["post-240652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-control","tag-gun","tag-iraq"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117059090299704440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}