The two-page document from the Ministry of Telecommunications in Iraq is dated June

15, under #5214. Below is an unofficial translation by SMEX:

To all Internet Service Providers (Oufok Al Samaa, IQ Network, Earth Network,
Earthlink, AlSared, NouroZtel, FastIraq, ITC, HalaSat, AlJazeera):


Following the current security incidents and the exceptional situation that Iraq is having,
and instructed by the Chancellery of the National Security, it is decided the below:

1- Shut down the Internet totally on these Provinces: Ninawa, Anbar, Saleh El Din,
Kirkuk, Diyalah.

2- Block all access to VPN in all Iraq from 4 pm until 7 am on daily basis

3- Block all access to these websites in all Iraq: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Viber,
Skype. In addition to other applications: Tango, Wechat, Instagram, didi

4- Block all access to Internet from all these areas: AlAdel, AlGhazlieh, Abu Greib,
AlRadwanieh, AlMahmoudieh, AlLuteifiah, Falouja, Jarf Sakher, Al Taji, Al
Youssfieh, Al Missyeb)


There will be a special security committee specialized to check that you are following
these instructions. The companies that wont obey will be threatening the security of the
country.

Saleh Hassan Ali

Acting General Manager