Clare – Dinar Guru Article: “Meeting in Istanbul reveals new US sanctions on Iraq over Iranian arms financing” Quote: “A private source revealed to Al-Mustaqilla on Friday that a secret meeting was held…between an Iraqi delegation and the assistant to the head of the US Federal Reserve Bank in Istanbul…The source indicated that the US side informed the Iraqi delegation of new sanctions that would be imposed on Iraq due to what it described as ‘financial involvement’ related to financing Iranian weapons….These developments come amid increasing pressure from the United States on Iraq to curb Iranian influence and secure the Iraqi financial system from exploitation to support activities that Washington considers a threat to regional and international security.”