Iraq's parliament has ordered an inquiry into intelligence that crude oil from Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Region is being smuggled through Iran to Afghanistan, as the war on Iran spills into Iraq's politics and energy trade. Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi gave the order on Wednesday after consulting the heads of the parliamentary blocs, his office said. The committee, chaired by the head of the Security and Defence Committee, will include the heads of the finance, oil and gas, integrity, legal, regions and border crossings committees. ## What the committee will examine The inquiry will examine intelligence on a route said to carry Iraqi oil from Kirkuk and Kurdistan through Iran to Afghanistan. It will also examine a technical report on suspected smuggling around Jurf al-Nasr, south of Baghdad, and Sunday night's drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field in Sulaimani province. No volumes were given and no suspects named, although [Shafaq News](https://en.hathalyoum.net/articles/306161) reported the committee must report as soon as possible. ## A separate government probe Iraq's government has opened its own inquiry into the Jurf al-Sakhr claims, chaired by Lieutenant General Saad Mohsen Uraibi on the instruction of General Abdul Amir al-Shammari, according to a document dated Tuesday and seen by Shafaq News. A 19-page intelligence report obtained by the outlet found large tankers repeatedly visited sites near oil pipelines in Jurf al-Sakhr, northern Babil province, from 2021 to 2026. Babil's governor denied the reports, saying no oil pipeline runs there. ## A long-running dispute Oil smuggling has long strained relations between Baghdad and Erbil, and parliament has set up committees on it before; Halbousi led a fact-finding effort on Kurdistan oil exports in 2019. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi also ordered investigators to finish their work on the Khor Mor attack quickly and promised tough legal action.