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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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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi (C) speaks to locals in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad, on July 20, 2020. On July 31, Kadhimi called for early parliamentary elections to take place on June 6, 2021. — KHALID MOHAMMED/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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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