People & Institutions
Ashti Hawrami
آشتي هورامي
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Legal status as of 20 October 2026
Not charged as of the date of writing
Named, for example as an office holder, bank owner or licence holder, with no charge, conviction, sanction or official finding.
What the documents say
- Not charged as of the date of writing. Named by Bloomberg as the minister who welcomed Rosneft's February 2017 deal with the KRG. The sources make no accusation against him concerning the USD 250 million advisory fee, which is the subject of the Public Prosecution's inquiry of March 2020.
- Not charged as of the date of writing. In March 2015 a South Korean opposition MP, Chun Soon-ok, claimed that USD 31.4 million paid by KNOC in 2008 to an account he provided had disappeared. The KRG rejected the claim, and according to the KRG the Seoul Western District Court found on 8 June 2015, in a case between KNOC and the Korea Times, that the published claims were untrue.
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- Roles
- KRG Minister of Natural Resources; welcomed the 2017 crude supply deal with Rosneft; the HSBC account in London for KNOC's payments was given by him, according to the Korean MP
Cases
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| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosneft's USD 250 million advisory fee to an unnamed consultant for Kurdistan oil deals and the inquiry ordered by the Region's Public Prosecution (from 2017 to 2020) | KRG Minister of Natural Resources; welcomed the 2017 crude supply deal with Rosneft | Not charged as of the date of writing | Not charged as of the date of writing. Named by Bloomberg as the minister who welcomed Rosneft's February 2017 deal with the KRG. The sources make no accusation against him concerning the USD 250 million advisory fee, which is the subject of the Public Prosecution's inquiry of March 2020. | 19 October 2026 |
| KNOC payments to the KRG for the Bazian block: a Korean MP's claim that USD 31.4 million went missing and a Seoul court ruling against the newspaper that published it (2015) | KRG Minister of Natural Resources; the HSBC account in London for KNOC's payments was given by him, according to the Korean MP | Not charged as of the date of writing | Not charged as of the date of writing. In March 2015 a South Korean opposition MP, Chun Soon-ok, claimed that USD 31.4 million paid by KNOC in 2008 to an account he provided had disappeared. The KRG rejected the claim, and according to the KRG the Seoul Western District Court found on 8 June 2015, in a case between KNOC and the Korea Times, that the published claims were untrue. | 19 October 2026 |
Dated events
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- 9 March 2015Accused by an official bodyClaim by South Korean MP Chun Soon-ok published by the Korea Times
- 12 March 2015Accused by an official bodyKRG Ministry of Natural Resources rejects the claim
Documents
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- Bloomberg (republished by the Iraqi Economists Network)2 March 2020Press reportTier D
Russia's State Oil Company Paid Mystery Consultant $250 Million in Iraq Deal
Original addressThe advisory fee was agreed at US$250,000,000 and was fully paid by RTSA in 2017 and 2018.
- Iraq Business News13 March 2015Press reportTier D
KRG Rejects Korean Corruption Claims
Original addressKorean MP Chun Soon-ok claims that $31.4 million (36.6 billion Iraqi dinars), given as a signature bonus by the Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC), disappeared after the KNOC sent it in 2008 to HSBC in London
- Iraq Business News18 June 2015Government statementTier B
Korean Court Rejects Claim of KRG Bribery
Original addressThere is no reason for this Court to make a conclusion that the money paid to the KRG by the Creditor is either bribery or was distributed to the close associates of [former President] Lee Myung-Bak.
- Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Natural Resources12 March 2015Government statementTier A
KRG Statement on Article in the Korea Times
Document (saved page)Original addressSHA-256 a6e3f6734ae9In fact in 2008, KNOC paid a total of $235,500,000 (which included the $31.4 million amount referred to by the Korean MP) to the KRG as part of its contractual obligations under the PSCs.
Articles
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- 20 August 2010
- 13 July 2010