{"id":253371,"date":"2026-08-17T20:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/253371\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T20:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:47:14","slug":"iraqs-top-leaders-renew-call-to-place-weapons-under-state-control-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/253371\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq\u2019s top leaders renew call to place weapons under state control &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-08-17T18:55:18+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s\u00a0four top state authorities renewed call on Monday<br \/>\nfor all weapons to be placed under state control, \u201csaying the move is essential to reinforce state authority and the rule of law, particularly<br \/>\nfollowing the start of the Global Coalition\u2019s withdrawal from Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement following a meeting of the president of<br \/>\nIraq, the prime minister, parliament speaker and the head of the Supreme<br \/>\nJudicial Council, the officials stressed the importance of strengthening and<br \/>\ndeveloping the capabilities of Iraq\u2019s armed forces &#8220;across all formations&#8221;\u00a0and protecting the country and its citizens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Days-to-disarm-Iraq-s-factions-deadline-or-negotiable-ceiling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more: Days to disarm Iraq&#8217;s factions: deadline or negotiable ceiling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The four presidencies also reaffirmed their commitment to<br \/>\ncombating corruption, stepping up safeguards for public funds, and holding those involved in corruption cases<br \/>\naccountable.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Shafaq News cited an informed source as<br \/>\nsaying Iraq\u2019s four top state authorities will <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Iraq\/Baghdad-reviews-next-steps-for-disarmament-anti-corruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">discuss<\/a> how to deal with armed<br \/>\nfactions that refuse to surrender their weapons after the September 30 deadline<br \/>\nand how to pursue corruption suspects without political exceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Corruption-arrests-in-Iraq-pass-210-under-PM-al-Zaidi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more: Corruption arrests in Iraq pass 210 under PM al-Zaidi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-17T18:55:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq\u2019s\u00a0four top state authorities renewed call on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[152,7833,70066,94,70065,180],"class_list":["post-253371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-breaking","tag-corruption","tag-four-presidencies","tag-iraq","tag-iraqs-top-leaders-renew-call-to-place-weapons-under-state-control","tag-weapons"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117112815210719173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253371","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=253371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}