The results of the Iraqi Kurdish independence vote will be announced on Thursday

Kurdish region independence vote

Iraq, September 27, 2017 - Following the Monday independence vote in the Kurdish region of Iraq, Kurdish sources in Iraq announced the completion of the referendum and the beginning of the vote counting. They said the results will be announced in 72 hours (Sept. 28).
There were 12,000 voting stations, which included 7,000 in the Kurdish self-ruled region and 5,000 more in the disputed areas. The Kurdish government said some 5 million people were eligible to participate in the referendum. There were reports of widespread support amongst the voters and some sources estimated more than 80% would vote YES to the referendum.
But the vote was viewed with strong opposition by the Iraqi government. Turkey and the Iranian mullahs' regime were also strongly opposed to it.
Turkish foreign ministry announced it would not acknowledge the referendum. International media reported citing Turkey that this country would close its borders with Iraq. The Turkish president warned that it would stop the flow of oil from the Kurdish region to other countries. 
The clerical regime in Iran also reacted to the Kurdish independence vote saying on Sunday, a day before the vote began, that Iran will close its areal borders to the Iraqi Kurdish region and all flights originating from this region through the Iranian airspace would be halted.
Iraqi Prime Minster, Haidar Ebadi expressed his firm opposition to the vote and said he would take all necessary steps to uphold the sovereignty of Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdish region Prime Minister, Nichervan Barzani criticized Mr. Ebadi's threats and intimidations saying the Kurdish regional government is trying to enter in to a dialogue with Baghdad without using the language of intimidation. 'It is not the Kurdish people who have sequestrated and divided the country of Iraq, it is Baghdad's wrong policies that has led to such a sectarianism,' Nichervan Barzani said. 'The Iraqi national flag would remain next to the Kurdish flag and will not be removed.'
The Kurdish region leader Masoud Barzani said last week that 'we will not intervene in the affairs of other country's Kurdish regions. They have their own soil and can make decisions for themselves.'