Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani casts his vote in Iraq's early morning elections at a polling station in Erbil.

Today, the general voting process began in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region and will continue until six in the evening.

The President of the Kurdistan Region voted in the city of Erbil and announced in a press conference that he hopes that these elections will bring good luck to the Iraqi people.

The President of Kurdistan Region expressed his happiness that he was the first person to vote and said that my message was to all the Iraqis that it is a message of peace and brotherhood and we must improve the situation in Iraq.