Iraqis abroad start voting in Australian, Iran – UAE

ARBIL /Iraqi News The voting of Iraqis abroad has started in Australia since 12:pm Baghdad local time (8:00am) Sydney local time, an electoral official said on Friday. “Preliminary reports coming from Australia indicate that the number of voters until 8:30am on Friday Baghdad time reached 700 voters,” Miqdad al-Shriefi told Iraqi News. “Electoral centers in the UAE and Iran were opened Friday morning (March 5) to receive voters,” he said, noting that the number of Iraqis who so far have arrived in the polling stations is encouraging. The voting outside Iraq will continue on March 5-6-7. There are 1 19 electoral stations in 16 countries. The countries are: Syria, Jordan, Iran, Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Turkey, USA, Sweden, Netherlands, Canada, Germany, Britain, Austria, Australia and Denmark. SH (P) 1