Oil and weapons: the two files since Qaani's visit to Baghdad
Iranian access at Hormuz widened and Baghdad's language on factional weapons softened over the same four weeks, both following the Iranian visits of 10 and 20 August.
10 August · Qaani in Baghdad, with weapons and Hormuz raised in the same meetings
20 August · Qalibaf in Baghdad, carrying proposals to freeze heavy weapons and slow the process
22 Aug
Iran grants passage to additional Iraqi tankers
23 Aug
Araji says 30 September starts talks, and is no longer a handover date
31 Aug
August exports average 2.34m bpd, up from 1.35m in July
2 Sep
Maliki rejects the term disarmament and proposes organising and containing
5 Sep
Minister claims 3m bpd; the ministry's own breakdown gives 2.18m
6 Sep
Framework source says the option is organising or freezing the weapons
30 September: the coalition mission ends. Under the original policy this was also the date factional weapons came under state control. It is now described as the point at which negotiations begin.
The National Context. Compiled from Reuters, Shafaq News, Al Jazeera, 964 and Al-Saa reporting, 10 August to 7 September 2026.