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Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq’s dollar flow, causing pain

File - Security forces stand guard during a demonstration in front of the Iraqi central bank as currency plummets against the U.S. dollar, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. In recent weeks, Iraq's currency has taken a plunge as a result of newly imposed restrictions on dollar transfers from the U.S., leading to spiking food prices and political unrest. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) File - Security forces stand guard during a demonstration in front of the Iraqi central bank as currency plummets against the U.S. dollar, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. In recent weeks, Iraq's currency has taken a plunge as a result of newly imposed restrictions on dollar transfers from the U.S., leading to spiking food prices and political unrest. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)