Dollar edges up against Iraqi dinar in Baghdad trading

The US dollar rose slightly against the Iraqi dinar in Thursday trading in Baghdad while holding steady in Erbil.

By Middle East Affairs

September 6, 2026

Various currency notes including US dollars and Iraqi dinars displayed on a white surface. — A US $100 bill is displayed alongside several Iraqi dinar notes on a white background, illustrating the exchange between the two currencies during Baghdad trading. (Shafaq News — Iraq)

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The US dollar traded mixed in Iraq on Thursday, with the rate in Baghdad rising modestly from the previous session. According to Shafaq News, a regional financial outlet, the dollar reached 154,650 dinars per 100 dollars at Baghdad's central exchanges, up from 154,400 dinars on Wednesday.

Exchange shops in the Iraqi capital offered the dollar at 155,000 dinars and bought it at 154,000 dinars. In Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, selling prices stood at 154,600 dinars and buying prices at 154,500 dinars.

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