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Iraq’s prime minister says early elections to be held in June 2021

Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said parliamentary elections will be held June 6, 2021.
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Iraq’s prime minister said today that he would be calling early parliamentary elections, carrying out a key pledge he made to protesters. 

“We will do our best to make the election happen and protect it,” Mustafa al-Kadhimi said in announcing June 6, 2021, as the date. 

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