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Omar Sattar

Omar Sattar

Sep 7, 2021

Employees of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission Center register voters in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province, on Jan. 12, 2021. — Employees of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission Center register voters in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province, on Jan. 12, 2021. — ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images

Candidates of the Huquq electoral list pose on stage during a campaign rally, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 3, 2021.

Iraq focuses on voter security ahead of elections

Hassan Al-Saeed

Hassan Al-Saeed

Iraqis register to obtain their voting cards ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections, Najaf, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2021.

Iraq's top Shiite cleric calls for voting in upcoming elections

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Iraqis go about their day beneath electoral billboards and placards of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, in the district of Adhamiyah in the capital Baghdad, on Sept. 17, 2021.

Iraqi leaders sign electoral code of conduct

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An Iraqi woman casts her vote in Iraq's parliamentary election (ballot-L) and in a postponed Kurdish regional election (ballot-R) in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on April 30, 2014. Iraqis streamed to voting centres nationwide, amid the worst bloodshed in years, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeks reelection. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Kurdish opposition warns fraud, intimidation to taint upcoming election

Dana Taib Menmy

Dana Taib Menmy