Shafaq News..Iraq media regulator bars ex-lawmaker for 90 days
2026-08-19T22:26:03+00:00
Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission on Wednesday
barred former lawmaker Sajjad Salem from appearing on local and foreign media
outlets operating in Iraq for 90 days.
In a statement, the commission based its decision on remarks
Salem made during Authority Dialogue with Naseer al-Awam, a program aired by
Samarra TV on August 18. It accused him of “broadcasting false and misleading
information,” “insulting state institutions,” and “questioning the loyalty of
national state institutions and accusing them of working for foreign
intelligence agencies.”
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The commission said several Iraqi state institutions,
including the Iraqi National Security Service, the Iraqi National Intelligence
Service and the Communications and Media Commission, had joined the Starlink
project under government supervision.
It found that Salem’s remarks violated Iraq’s media
broadcasting regulations, citing provisions that prohibit incitement to
violence and hatred and the dissemination of false information, while requiring
accuracy, integrity and transparency in news reporting.
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