{
  "id": 17040177,
  "title": "Iraqi court sentences two prominent politicians to prison in corruption case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/iraqi-court-sentences-two-prominent-politicians-to-prison-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T09:21:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/29/iraqi-court-sentences-two-prominent-politicians-to-prison-in-corruption-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Iraq's Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced two prominent politicians to prison and ordered them to pay billions of dinars in fines, verdicts stemming from the government's sweeping anti-corruption campaign , a court official told The National . The court sentenced Muthana Al Samarrai , head of the Azm Alliance, to six years in prison and ordered him to pay 30 billion…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Iraqi court hands down prison terms to 2 politicians and an oil official in graft case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/iraqi-court-hands-down-prison-terms-to-2-politicians-and-an-oil",
        "published": "2026-10-29T10:48:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}