{"id":838,"date":"2017-09-25T07:06:38","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iraqi-kurdistan-holds-referendum-in-defiance-of-intl-community\/"},"modified":"2017-09-25T07:06:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:06:38","slug":"iraqi-kurdistan-holds-referendum-in-defiance-of-intl-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraqi-kurdistan-holds-referendum-in-defiance-of-intl-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Kurdistan holds referendum in defiance of intl. community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region is holding an independence referendum in the face of strong objections from the central government in Baghdad and in defiance of urgent calls from the international community to scrap the vote.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tA total of 12,072 polling stations have opened at 8:00 local time (0500 GMT) Monday where more than 5.3 million are eligible to vote. Polls will remain open for 12 hours, presstv.com reported.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe stations are dotted across the three provinces of Arbil, Sulaimaniyah and Dohuk that form the Iraqi Kurdistan Region as well as in disputed bordering zones such as the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.<\/p>\n

\n\tInitial results are expected to be announced 24 hours after the vote.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe non-binding vote on the secession of the semi-autonomous region has irked the central government.<\/p>\n

\n\tBaghdad on Sunday urged the world countries not to purchase oil from Kurdistan Region in response to the referendum hours after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed to take \u2018necessary measures\u2019 to protect the unity of Iraq.<\/p>\n

\n\tHis remarks came after President of the Kurdistan Region Barzani urged \u2018all Kurds\u2019 to go to the polls, saying his people\u2019s partnership with the central government in Baghdad had failed.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2017 in Arbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on the eve of a disputed independence referendum. (AFP)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tNeighboring countries have voiced their opposition to the Kurdish referendum plan.<\/p>\n

\n\tIran has denounced the \u2018unilateral\u2019 scheme for independence, underlining the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and stability of Iraq and insisting that the Kurdistan Region is part of the majority Arab country.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso on Sunday, Iran closed its airspace to all flights to and from the Kurdish region at the request of the Iraqi government.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurkey has also opposed the referendum and warned that the disintegration of Iraq has the potential to turn into a major global conflict.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Kurdistan Region’s referendum plan has also drawn large-scale criticism internationally.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this month, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Iraqi Kurdish leaders to scrap the vote which he said would undermine the ongoing battle in the Arab country against Daesh.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn September 13, the Arab League rejected the plebiscite as an illegal measure that would pose further threats to security in the already volatile Middle East.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe European Union also cautioned political parties in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region against holding the independence referendum.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe US, which has deployed a contingent of military forces to a base in the Kurdistan Region, has also opposed the referendum.<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, many observers view the vote in line with a long-pursued Israeli-US agenda to partition regional states.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Israeli regime has openly come out in support of the referendum, saying it endorses an independent Kurdish state.<\/p>\n

\n\tIraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has reacted by saying that Baghdad will not tolerate the establishment of \u2018a second Israel\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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