2025 in Iraq
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Events of the year 2025 in Iraq.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January –
- Opposition figure and activist Salman Al Khalidi is extradited to Kuwait to begin a prison sentence after fleeing on being convicted on 11 charges.[1]
- Abdullah Warte, official spokesperson of the Iraqi Kurdistan-based Islamic Movement of Kurdistan (IMK) political party, announces a proposal to establish an office in Damascus, becoming the first Kurdish and Iraqi political party to establish a presence in post-Assad Syria.[2]
- A $4.56 billion oil pipeline project connecting Basrah and Haditha to be developed by state-backed Basra Oil Company and Iraqi Oil Projects Company and funded under an Iraq-China agreement is approved.[3]
- 21 January – The Iraqi parliament passes three controversial laws: the personal affairs law which allows Sharia courts increased authority over family affairs, a general amnesty law, and a law allowing for the return of Kurdish lands.[4]
- 31 January – A bus carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims crashes into a car near Al Diwaniyah while driving to Najaf, killing seven people and injuring 42 others.[5]
February
[edit]- 4 February – The Federal Supreme Court blocks the three controversial laws passed in January, sparking calls for protests in several cities.[6]
- 11 February – The Federal Supreme Court upholds the three laws passed in January and overthrows the challenge issued earlier in the month.[7]
March
[edit]- 13 March – Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai alias “Abu Khadija”, the deputy head of Islamic State, is reported to have been killed in an airstrike in Anbar Governorate.[8]
April
[edit]- 1 April – Three people are injured in an axe attack on a procession of Assyrian Christians celebrating Akitu in Dohuk. The attacker, a suspected Islamic State supporter, is arrested.[9]
- 6 April – The Iraqi Teachers Union declares a strike, demanding the government improve teachers' salaries and living standards.[10]
- 8 April – Engineer Bashir Khalid dies in a hospital in Baghdad after being beaten by other inmates in detention, where he was placed with no charge after an argument with a police official. Video of the incident prompts widespread criticism.[11]
- 14 April –
- A massive sandstorm hits central and southern Iraq, resulting in more than 3,700 hospitalizations.[12]
- Prime Minister Al-Sudani, and President Rashid file an appeal to the Iraqi Federal Supreme court to reinstate the Khor Abdullah agreement which the court had overturned in September 2023.[13]
- 26 April – Protesters gather in Tahrir square in Baghdad urging the Federal Supreme court to not reinstate the Khor Abdullah agreement describing it as "Humiliating" and " violating of Iraqi sovereignty".[14]
May
[edit]- 10 May – The Iraqi government bans protests and demonstrations between 11 and 20 May in preparation for the Arab League summit.[15]
- 13 May – Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa withdraws from attending the Arab League summit after the invitation extended to him triggers tensions in Iraq over his former ties to Al-Qaeda. The Syrian foreign minister is tasked with leading the country's delegation.[16]
- 16 May – Hasan Hadi becomes the first Iraqi filmmaker to have a film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France with the entry The President's Cake.[17]
- 17 May – Iraq hosts the 34th Ordinary Arab League summit in Baghdad, attended by delegations of 20 Arab countries and several guests, including Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres.[18]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[19]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 5 January – Iraqi Army Day
- 21 March – Nowruz
- 30–31 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 9 April – Liberation Day
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 6–9 June – Eid al-Adha
- 26 June – Islamic New Year
- 6 July – Ashura
- 14 July – Republic Day
- 16 August – Arba'in
- 4 September – Mawlid
- 3 October – National day
- 10 December – Victory Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Art and entertainment
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 24 January – Mukarram Talabani, politician (b. 1923)[20]
- 29 January – Salwan Momika, anti-Islam activist. (b. 1986)[21]
- 8 February – Issam Al-Chalabi, politician. (b. 1942)[22]
- 8 ِApril – Jawad Muhsin, singer. (aged 62) [23]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Mahmoud, Sinan (2025-01-02). "Iraq hands over outspoken critic Salman Al Khalidi to Kuwait". The National News MENA. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Menmy, Dana Taib (2025-01-02). "Kurdish party IMK to open office in Damascus following Assad's downfall". The New Arab. The New Arab MENA News. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Onyango, Daniel (2025-01-02). "Iraq Approves $4.56 Billion Oil Pipeline Project". Pipeline Technology Journal. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ الخيام, فارس. "موجة استنكار بعد تمرير البرلمان العراقي 3 قوانين مثيرة للجدل". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Seven Iraqi pilgrims killed, dozens hurt in road accident". Al Arabiya. 2025-01-31. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ^ الخيام, فارس. "أمر ولائي بالعراق يعطل قوانين العفو العام والأحوال الشخصية وإعادة العقارات". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Iraq's top court throws out challenge to new laws, including one increasing Islamic courts authority". AP News. 2025-02-11. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ^ "Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says". AP News. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year parade in Iraq". AP News. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ^ "الأحد المقبل.. إضراب عام لـ"شريحة مهمة" في العراق". شفق نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-04-17.
- ^ "حادثة وفاة مهندس تعرض لضرب في السجن تهز العراق فما القصة؟". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-04-11.
- ^ "Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital". France 24. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ (كونا) (2025-04-15). "طعن عراقي من رئيسَيْ الجمهورية والوزراء في قرار بطلان اتفاقية خور عبدالله مع الكويت". Alrai-media (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "وقفة احتجاجية في بغداد ضد تقاسم خور عبد الله مع الكويت". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "العراق يحظر التظاهر خلال فترة انعقاد القمة العربية". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "Syrian president will not attend Arab summit in Baghdad after invitation triggers divisions". AP News. 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "Iraq's first filmmaker in Cannes says sanctions no piece of cake". France 24. 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "القمة العربية الـ34 في بغداد بحضور 5 زعماء وهذه أبرز التصريحات". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). 2025-05-17. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "Iraq Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Mukarram Talabani, Iraqi Kurdish politician, writer dies at 102". The Insight International. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- ^ "Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'". BBC. 2025-01-30. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "وفاة وزير النفط العراقي الأسبق عصام الجلبي عن عمر ناهز 83 عاماً في أحد مستشفيات عمان". AlrasheedMedia (in Arabic). 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ "وفاة المطرب العراقي جواد محسن بسكتة قلبية". صحيفة الخليج (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
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