Iraq and US reach understanding to continue dollar cash shipments

Iraq has reached an understanding with Washington to continue shipments of physical US dollars, with a new delivery expected within days.

• Government spokesman Haider al-Aboudi announced the deal and said a new cash shipment would reach Iraq within days.
• Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi secured the agreement during a visit to Washington.
• The dollars are Iraq's oil revenues held at the US Federal Reserve in New York, not American aid.
• Washington suspended a $500 million shipment in April, resumed deliveries in July, and the Central Bank received $500 million in August.