BAGHDAD—Iraq supports a freeze on oil production by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Tuesday.

A freeze could boost oil prices and help Iraq pay the salaries of workers dependent on the state oil industry, he said at a press conference in Baghdad.

Write to Ben Kesling at benjamin.kesling@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 30, 2016 12:35 ET (16:35 GMT)

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