Iraqis headed to the polls Sunday for an early election billed as a concession to anti-government protests but expected to be boycotted by many voters who distrust official promises of reform.
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Iraqi Kurds wait to vote in early parliamentary elections at a polling station in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on October 10, 2021 -- Photo: Safin Hamed/ AFP
Lamya Abdulla
2021-10-10 13:07:52
Iraqis headed to the polls Sunday for an early election billed as a concession to anti-government protests but expected to be boycotted by many voters who distrust official promises of reform.
Polls opened at 7:00am (0400 GMT) but few voters turned up early at one polling station at a school in central Baghdad.
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