People & Institutions

Salah Mahdi Dahla

صلاح مهدي دهلة

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Legal status as of 20 October 2026

Arrested

Arrested or held; not convicted.

What the documents say

Sentenced in absentia by the Najaf Criminal Court for integrity cases in two cases to seven years each under Article 340, for falsifying the laboratory analysis certificate for hundreds of tonnes of wheat and rice moved from the Manathera silo to the Babil branch of the State Company for Grain Processing and signing in place of a second examiner. After two Interpol red notices he was found in Tunisia and returned to Iraq, the Integrity Commission said on 24 July 2025. No retrial outcome is on record as of 19 October 2026.

Kind: Person
Roles: Former laboratory examiner, Abu Sakhir silo, Ministry of Trade

Cases

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Cases
Case	Role	Status in this case	Detail	As of
Najaf grain silos: unfit rice, 752 tonnes of missing wheat and forged grain certificates (from 2018 to 2025)	Former laboratory examiner, Abu Sakhir silo, Ministry of Trade	Arrested	Sentenced in absentia by the Najaf Criminal Court for integrity cases in two cases to seven years each under Article 340, for falsifying the laboratory analysis certificate for hundreds of tonnes of wheat and rice moved from the Manathera silo to the Babil branch of the State Company for Grain Processing and signing in place of a second examiner. After two Interpol red notices he was found in Tunisia and returned to Iraq, the Integrity Commission said on 24 July 2025. No retrial outcome is on record as of 19 October 2026.	19 October 2026

Dated events

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24 July 2025
Convicted (reported)Two in absentia sentences of seven years recalled by the Integrity Commission
24 July 2025
ArrestedReturned from Tunisia

Documents

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964 Network24 July 2025Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
العراق يسترد مداناً من تونس بتهم تزوير شهادات تحليل للحنطة والرز
المُدان الهارب (صلاح مهدي دهلة) المُوظَّف السابق في وزارة التجارة
Case: Najaf grain silos: unfit rice, 752 tonnes of missing wheat and forged grain certificates (from 2018 to 2025)
Original address
964 Network (English)24 July 2025Official statement reported by the mediaTier B
Iraq extradites fugitive grain examiner sentenced for certificate forgery
The Najaf Criminal Court, which handles integrity-related cases, found Dahla guilty of forging laboratory certificates for hundreds of tons of wheat and rice
Case: Najaf grain silos: unfit rice, 752 tonnes of missing wheat and forged grain certificates (from 2018 to 2025)
Original address