A worker from Iraq's electoral commission prepares voting materials at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi security forces gather to cast their ballot during a special voting session ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Rahim)
Displaced Yazidi women have their fingerprints verified before voting ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections, set for Nov. 11, at a polling station in the Sharia camp near Dohuk, in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
Supporters of a political movement called "Harakat Huqooq, Arabic for Rights Movement, listen to Hussein Muanis speak during an election rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A worker from Iraq's electoral commission prepares voting materials at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi security forces gather to cast their ballot during a special voting session ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Rahim)
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Displaced Yazidi women have their fingerprints verified before voting ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections, set for Nov. 11, at a polling station in the Sharia camp near Dohuk, in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
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A worker prepares election banners for the Iraqi parliament in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
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Supporters of a political movement called "Harakat Huqooq, Arabic for Rights Movement, listen to Hussein Muanis speak during an election rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Members of Iraqi security forces and displaced people living in camps, including minority Yazidis, cast their ballots Sunday in early voting ahead of this week’s parliamentary election in Iraq.
The election, which will help determine whether Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani gets a second term, comes against the backdrop of fears of another , and Iraq’s balancing act with Tehran and Washington.
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