Iraqi media representatives debate prior approval for officials' press statements

Shafaq reports new interviews on Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's instruction requiring prior approval for officials' and advisers' media appearances. Journalists' union spokesperson Hadi Jallo Mari warns against excessive restrictions on access to information. Other interviewees support coordinating official statements to avoid conflicting accounts.

Yazan Editör Ekibi · Published 21 Eyl 2026 · Updated 21 Eyl 2026

Kaynak yayımı: 21 Eyl 2026 12:16 UTC

Aciliyet: İzleme · Kanıt: Kaynağı belirtilen iddia

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Shafaq reports a September 19 instruction and publishes September 21 interviews with media representatives and a lawmaker. Their assessments differ on its effect on information access; no actual reduction in access is established. The underlying directive and precise legal scope were not independently inspected. This record dates the new reporting, not enactment. The rounded Baghdad marker represents the national policy debate.

Kanıtın son kontrolü: 21 Eyl 2026 13:46 UTC.

21 Eyl 2026 13:46 UTC — First published with attributed reporting and a representative city marker.

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original interviews on the reported government media-approval instruction

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