This is something we grow up hearing about it happening in another countries not Iraq, Its heartbreaking to see Iraq move backword in that sense.
Source BBC:
Human Rights Watch has called on authorities in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan to ban the practice of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM).
A report issued by the group on Wednesday said the practice was widespread in Iraqi Kurdistan, and was having a harmful effect on the physical and emotional health of many women.
