In the modern history of the Iraqi Jewish community, the 1969 trials and executions of various alleged 'spies'- many but not all of them Jews- are seen as one of the key moments in the decline of the community's fortunes since 1948 and the trend of Jewish migration out of Iraq. The following post presents a publication about the trials and executions put out at the time by the Iraqi Ba'athist government- then headed by Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, who led the 'revolution' of 17 July 1968 that brought him to power.
The trials and executions attracted international condemnation, but the government countered this condemnation in its own propaganda by portraying the proceedings as not being motivated by anti-Semitism but rather just a crackdown on espionage for the interests of Israel. The government, in this telling, was not opposed to Jews but rather Zionism, and arranged for journalists to meet the designated head of the "Mosaic sect" (Jewish community) in Iraq to affirm that Jews enjoyed the same freedoms and rights as members of other sects. Further, the government was keen to stress that the trials did not just involve Jews but rather also Muslims and Christians, asserting that no religious discrimination was exercised in condemning or exonerating people, but rather judgement solely depended on the evidence or proof.
https://www.aymennaltamimi.com/p/a-war-on-the-spies