Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq, is pictured while speaking to journalists in Baghdad on Iraq's upcoming elections in October, Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab/Kurdistan24)
Baba Sheikh Ali Elias Haji Nasir, the spiritual leader of the Yezidis (L), Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (C), and Mir Hazim Tahseen Beg right before a meeting in Erbil. (Photo: KRG Media Office)
Iraqis hold pictures of demonstrators killed during the October 2020 anti-government protests, as they rally at Fardous square in central Baghdad on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)
Prime Minister Barzani (Right) receiving the French president Emmanuel Macron’s letter from the French Consul General Olivier Decottignies, Sept. 30, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
A handout picture released by the Iraqi Border crossing Commission shows the Arar border crossing between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Nov. 18, 2020 (AFP photo).