Pro-Iran Parties Win Big in Iraq Provincial Vote

A worker of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) carries a sealed ballot box as others perform a manual count of votes to match the electronic count at one of the commission's headquarters in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Dec. 23, 2023. Workers of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) perform a manual count of votes to match the electronic count at one of the commission's headquarters in the Karkh district of Baghdad, Dec. 23, 2023

Pro-Iran Shiite parties won the majority of council seats in most of Iraq's provinces, according to the final results released on Thursday by the electoral commission.