{"id":260188,"date":"2026-08-22T13:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/260188\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:08:37","slug":"shafaq-news-iraq-reports-nationwide-decline-in-crime-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/260188\/","title":{"rendered":"Shafaq News..Iraq reports nationwide decline in crime rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-08-22T12:59:38+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 has recorded a \u201cclear decline\u201d in crime rates nationwide, with Baghdad leading the provinces in improved security indicators, Interior Ministry spokesperson Maj. Gen. Muqdad Miri said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier ministry data showed Baghdad\u2019s al-Karkh district recorded the sharpest <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/amp\/en\/Security\/Iraq-records-600-suicides-despite-falling-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">decline<\/a> in crime, at 51%, while Basra registered the highest number of criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p>Baghdad recorded particularly strong security indicators, he said, citing efforts by Interior Ministry forces to \u201cprevent crimes, quickly identify perpetrators and pursue suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miri attributed the decline to preventive security measures, intelligence operations, a stronger security presence and efforts to track down wanted suspects and other offenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-22T12:59:38+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq has recorded a \u201cclear decline\u201d in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[152,1105,94,71533],"class_list":["post-260188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-breaking","tag-crime","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-reports-nationwide-decline-in-crime-rates"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117139321793297824","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260188","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=260188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}