BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A political adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has rejected latest allegations that workers on the premier’s workplace have been spying on and wire-tapping senior officers and politicians.
Since late August, Iraqi native media shops and lawmakers have alleged that workers at Sudani’s workplace had been arrested on costs of spying on senior officers.
“This is an inflated lie,” stated Fadi al-Shammari in an interview with an Iraqi broadcaster revealed late on Friday, probably the most express denial by a senior member of the prime minister’s crew.
He stated the allegations had been geared toward undermining Sudani forward of parliamentary polls anticipated to be held subsequent 12 months.
“Everything that has happened in the last two weeks consists of media exaggeration contrary to reality and the truth.”
The experiences have brought about a stir in Iraq, which has seen a interval of relative stability since Sudani was delivered to energy in late 2022 as a part of an settlement between ruling factions ending a year-long political stalemate.
Whereas there had been one arrest on the prime minister’s workplace in August, it had nothing to do with spying or wire-tapping, Shammari stated. The worker in query was detained after contacting lawmakers and different politicians whereas posing as a distinct individual, he stated.
“(He) talked to lawmakers using different numbers and fake names and asked them for a number of different files,” he added, with out offering particulars.
“There was no spying, no wiretapping.”
