On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the Guardian Organization for Elections and the Rudaw Research Center organized a closed roundtable with several election experts and specialists. During the roundtable, three main topics were discussed: election laws and how amendments to the law benefit specific political parties, electoral alliances, and the techniques and procedures of the Iraqi Parliamentary Elections Commission, including how to conduct future elections.
On May 19, 2025, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kurdistan Regional Government signed two contracts in Washington for the development of both the Miran and Kurdamir fields with HKN and Western Zagros. Four months before that date, Iraq's Ministry of Oil signed a memorandum of understanding in London for the development of four Kirkuk oil fields with British BP, and subsequently, on February 26 and March 26, 2025, all contracts were signed for BP to begin operations in Kirkuk.
