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Salah Obaid and Diyaa Hassan Barghouth

Investment licence of the National Investment Commission, for the project: Poultry rearing project.

صلاح عبيد وضياء حسن برغوث

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Legal status

Not charged as of the date of writing

Not charged as of the date of writing. No official finding, court case, sanctions designation or credible press accusation was found in the sources read. The search of public sources is not complete. Status as of 5 October 2026.

The search of public sources on this licensee is not yet complete.

The licence as listed

The list of licensed projects of the National Investment Commission.
Licensing body
National Investment Commission
Licence number
165/2018
Date of grant
8 January 2018
Sector
Agriculture
Project
Poultry rearing project
مشروع تربية دواجن
Licensee
صلاح عبيد وضياء حسن برغوث (Iraqi)
Province
Babil
Location
بابل
Stated cost
$3.6 million
The list gives the cost in dinars. It is converted here at 1,190 dinars to the dollar.
State of the project
Completed (100% complete)

Who is behind the licensee

two individuals (joint licensees)
People connected with the licensee
NameRoleLegal statusSource
Salah Obaid (transliteration)
صلاح عبيد
joint licensee, poultry farming project in Babil (NIC licence 165/2018)Not charged as of the date of writing
Not charged as of the date of writing. Named only as a licensee in the National Investment Commission list. No other public record was found in the sources read. Status as of 5 October 2026.
Not stated
Diyaa Hassan Barghouth (transliteration)
ضياء حسن برغوث
joint licensee, poultry farming project in Babil (NIC licence 165/2018)Not charged as of the date of writing
Not charged as of the date of writing. Named only as a licensee in the National Investment Commission list. No other public record was found in the sources read. Status as of 5 October 2026.
Not stated

What official and press reports say

Official findings
None found in the sources read.
What became of the project
The NIC list records licence 165/2018 (issued in 2018) for a poultry farming project in Babil at a stated cost of IQD 4,308,000,000 and marks completion at 100 per cent. No independent report on the project was found.
Other contracts with the state
None found in the sources read. The NIC list shows no other licence under these names.