Country Overview: Iraq

Title: Country Overview: Iraq

Author: RFI’s Middle East Action Team

About: This report is the second publication in a Country Overview Series by RFI’s Middle East Action Team that aims to increase understanding of the conditions that affect religious freedom in select countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and to assist the development of effective policy and programming recommendations.

Publication Date: March 2023

Suggested Citation: RFI’s Middle East Action Team. “Country Overview: Iraq.” Religious Freedom Institute, 2023.

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