Daily Links — Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Tuesday's Iraq desk moves the redenomination story toward timing: an MP weighs in on when deleting the zeros actually takes effect, the KRG halts cash salaries for public employees starting today (a real step toward banking the system), and the Council of Ministers is set to vote in September on the 2027 budget with the deficit capped near 3% — all against the backdrop of the 'whales of corruption' debt sweep and a new Mercedes-Benz MoU with the Erbil Chamber of Commerce. The bigger story is escalation: Trump says 'large and powerful strikes' inside Iran are ongoing in retaliation for the mining of Hormuz, with projectiles hitting supertankers and Brent topping $92. Plus Venezuela's oil folded into US strategy, and Le Pen leading every 2027 rival in France. Here's everything on the desk.
Iraq & the Dinar
- When does deleting the zeros begin? An MP settles when the project takes effect — Al-Maaloumah (Arabic)
- KRG halts cash salaries for public employees starting today — Channel 8
- Al-Aboudi: the Council of Ministers will vote in September on the 2027 budget, and the deficit will not exceed 3% — Al-Eqtesad News
- Dawn and debt: will the pursuit of the 'whales of corruption' succeed in breaking the siege of debt? — Kurdistan 24 (Arabic)
- Mercedes-Benz signs an MoU with the Erbil Chamber of Commerce — Iraq Business News
Around the World
- Trump: 'large & powerful strikes' in Iran ongoing as 'retaliation' for mining the Hormuz Strait — Brent tops $92 — ZeroHedge
- Trump's Venezuela energy gambit a 'major problem' for Europe — ZeroHedge
- Le Pen would beat every rival in 2027, a major French poll finds — ZeroHedge
- VIPS memo: dangerous talk of Putin's 'loss' in Ukraine — Consortium News
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