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The Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. A group of 130 international experts and around 600 supporting staff will be monitoring Iraq’s upcoming elections, Plasschaert said during the press conference. EPA
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A banner for a candidate is seen in Iraq's second city of Mosul. Iraq's elections will go ahead as planned on October 10, officials say. AFP
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A woman holds a flag of the Huquq electoral list during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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A banner for a candidate installed on a rooftop in Mosul. AFP
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Abu Ali Al Askari, right, spokesman of Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah, during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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Experts are predicting a muted turnout in the October vote because of distrust in the country’s electoral system. AFP
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Candidates of the Huquq electoral list during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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A woman holds a flag of the Huquq electoral list during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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Workers prepare to transport campaign banners in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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Workers prepare campaign banners in Iraq's southern port city of Basra ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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A worker prepares a campaign poster in Iraq's southern port city of Basra on September 12, 2021, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)
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A worker walks by a campaign banner at a workshop in Iraq's southern port city of Basra on, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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Workers prepare to transport campaign banners in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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Iraqis pass by-election campaign posters for Iraqi candidates at a street in Fallujah city, 60 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, announced on 07 September 2021, that a group of 130 international experts and around 600 supporting staff will be monitoring Iraq’s upcoming elections. EPA
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The Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. A group of 130 international experts and around 600 supporting staff will be monitoring Iraq’s upcoming elections, Plasschaert said during the press conference. EPA
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A banner for a candidate is seen in Iraq's second city of Mosul. Iraq's elections will go ahead as planned on October 10, officials say. AFP
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A woman holds a flag of the Huquq electoral list during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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A banner for a candidate installed on a rooftop in Mosul. AFP
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Abu Ali Al Askari, right, spokesman of Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah, during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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Experts are predicting a muted turnout in the October vote because of distrust in the country’s electoral system. AFP
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Candidates of the Huquq electoral list during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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A woman holds a flag of the Huquq electoral list during a campaign rally in Baghdad. AFP
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Workers prepare to transport campaign banners in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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Workers prepare campaign banners in Iraq's southern port city of Basra ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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A worker prepares a campaign poster in Iraq's southern port city of Basra on September 12, 2021, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)
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A worker walks by a campaign banner at a workshop in Iraq's southern port city of Basra on, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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Workers prepare to transport campaign banners in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. AFP
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Iraqis pass by-election campaign posters for Iraqi candidates at a street in Fallujah city, 60 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraq. The Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, announced on 07 September 2021, that a group of 130 international experts and around 600 supporting staff will be monitoring Iraq’s upcoming elections. EPA
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The Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. A group of 130 international experts and around 600 supporting staff will be monitoring Iraq’s upcoming elections, Plasschaert said during the press conference. EPA
Iraq officials vow election will take place on time despite sabotage attempts
Ballot is expected to take place on October 10 as government says it will uphold promise to public
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