The United States has resumed some air shipments of US dollars to Iraq, several months after it suspended them in a bid to pressure the government to distance itself from Iran, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two aides to Iraq’s prime minister.Washington in April had suspended cash payments for oil revenue, which have been handled from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in an arrangement dating to the aftermath of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, as well as security assistance over a spate of attacks on US interests.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The dollar shipments to Iraq have resumed,” NYT quoted Haider al-Aboudi, a spokesman for Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, as saying. He added that “the problem has been resolved.”Mudhar Muhammad Salih, a financial adviser to the prime minister, confirmed resumption of the transfer, according to the NYT report.The US State Department referred a request for comment to the Treasury Department, which did not immediately respond, the report said.The announcement comes after Iraq launched an anti-corruption campaign earlier this week that saw several officials arrested.Al-Zaidi’s anti-graft raids came before an expected visit to Washington, where he hopes to attract US investment and is expected to renew his promise to ensure pro-Iran armed groups hand over their weapons.With agencies Read more: Iraq arrests 47 officials in anti-corruption campaign