Baghdad: The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has settled the controversy surrounding the decision to freeze the funds and movable and immovable assets of a number of international parties and entities. The CBI's administration issued a directive today, Thursday, to amend certain clauses in the text of the decision.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the CBI's Committee for Freezing Terrorist Funds released the text of its Decision No. 61 of 2025, published in the Iraqi Gazette, Issue No. 4848, on November 17, 2025. The decision freezes the funds and assets of a list of entities and individuals linked to the ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorist organizations, based on a request from Malaysia and pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1373 of 2001.

In an official statement, the committee clarified that "this list includes references to a number of parties and entities that are not linked to any terrorist activities with the aforementioned organizations. The Iraqi side's approval was limited to the inclusion of entities and individuals exclusively linked to ISIS and al-Qaeda."

It indicated that "the inclusion of the other entities' names was due to the list being published before revision, and what was published in the Iraqi Gazette will be corrected by removing those entities and parties from the list of entities linked to the ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorist organizations."