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From left: Dr. Jan Ilhan Kizilhan's grandfather, mother and father. Photo: submitted by the author.

My father’s legacy

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Laborers work on a construction site. File photo: Rudaw

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Iraqi dinar notes. File photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

Iraq records nearly $260 million deficit in January

Mourners cry during the funeral of children killed in a strike on a primary school in the city of Minab, in Iran’s Hormozgan province, on March 3, 2026. Photo: ISNA

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Flags of China and Iran. Graphic: Rudaw

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US-Iran war leaves Iran devastated, squeezes China’s cheap oil lifeline

Heads of member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) pictured during the 9th summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on November 11, 2022. File photo: AFP.

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Kurds flying their flag during an event aimed to encourage people to vote in the independence referendum in Erbil on September 15, 2017. File photo: AFP

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Dollar stacks. File photo: Bilind T. Abdullah / Rudaw

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Iraq’s foreign currency reserves in 2026

An Iraqi flag flies in front of excess gas being burnt off at an oil refinery in the Zubair oil field southwest of Basra, Iraq. File photo: Haidar Mohammed Ali / AFP

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How much oil can Iraq export without the Strait of Hormuz?

Commuters ride past a digital screen as the US and Iran hold peace talks in Islamabad on April 11, 2026. Photo: AFP

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Smoke rising from an Iranian strike in Doha on March 1, 2026. Photo: AFP

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Chaos as strategy: the false promise of stability in the Middle East

An oil field in Iraq. File Photo: AFP

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An oil field. File photo: AFP

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