Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said Iraqis were glad the US troops were leaving.
Deputy PM Hussein Shahristani said a total of 335 prisoners had been released in the last week.
Mr Shahristani admitted that the prisoners had been held unlawfully because of "bureaucratic procedures in different government departments".
Mr Shahristani heads a committee formed by Prime Minster Nouri Maliki to look into the demands of the protesters.
But Mr Shahristani earlier this year demanded a quota similar to Saudi Arabia's.
Mr. SHAHRISTANI: If any of them is playing its role to protect oil facilities and pipelines, they will continue to do so.
Critics of that approach are hoping Shahristani will be more surgical, but all sides agree urgent action of some kind is required.
Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, a Shia, insists that Baghdad will not recognize any contract between foreign oil companies and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
The new Oil Minister, scientist Hussein Shahristani, said all the right things as he took office, starting with the need to tackle graft and sabotage.
Mr. HUSSEIN SHAHRISTANI (Iraqi Oil Minister): Well, the first thing we need to do is fight corruption, starting at the highest levels within the Ministry.
It doesn't help that the U.S. State Department opposes Kurdish oil deals as too much too soon, while the Iraqi oil ministry, led by Shiite Husayn al-Shahristani, condemns any deals as illegal.
"Our principal objective is to increase our oil production from 2.4 million barrels per day to more than four million in the next five years, " Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani told Iraqi public television.
National Security Advisor to the Vice President Tony Blinken visited Iraq on June 13-14 and met with a range of senior Iraqi leaders, including Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Shahristani, and KRG President Barzani.
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