🇮🇶🔥 — During the wave of anti-corruption arrests overnight and into this morning, Iraqi Special Forces found massive amounts of cash hidden in the home of MP Aliya Nassif.
Tha's a significant event since she is a longtime lawmaker who previously served on the Parliamentary Integrity Committee and built much of her political profile on anti-corruption rhetoric.
🤥 Her detention has gone viral after Iraqis resurfaced a video from a 2025 election rally in which she declared, "We will make the corrupt officials from previous governments come out through the window," presenting herself as a champion of accountability.
💸 As noted by observers, she repeatedly made headlines due to her sharp attacks on Kuwait and other Gulf monarchies, accusing them, specially Kuwait, of infringing on Iraq's rights and even claiming that Kuwaiti officials had attempted to silence her by offering her bribes, allegations that generated widespread media attention at the time.
🇮🇷 She entered parliament after 2003 with Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya coalition before later joining the Pro-Iran former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law Coalition.
🔒 Today, she herself is among those detained on corruption charges.