Internet status in Iraq

Operational · for 11 days

No internet disruption detected in Iraq right now. 74 of 74 monitored hosts are reachable. Status: Operational.

Reported restriction: Regional internet shutdown in Kurdistan, since Feb 18, 2025. Provided by Internet Society.

Recent incidents in Iraq

No disruptions recorded in Iraq since monitoring started on October 16, 2026.

Full outage history of Iraq · RSS feed

Is the internet down in Iraq right now?

No internet disruption detected in Iraq right now. 74 of 74 monitored hosts are reachable. Status: Operational. Blackout Map checks this every 5 minutes.

How does Blackout Map measure the internet in Iraq?

We ping 75 hosts inside Iraq, spread over 20 networks, every 5 minutes, and combine this with IODA (Georgia Tech) data on BGP routing and large-scale active probing.

Has Iraq ever shut down the internet?

The Internet Society's Pulse tracker records 185 government-ordered internet shutdowns or blocks in Iraq since 2019. That includes 173 full or regional shutdowns. Most recent: September 28, 2026. Ongoing: Regional internet shutdown in Kurdistan, since Feb 18, 2025. Shutdown data provided by Internet Society.

How many submarine cables connect Iraq?

Iraq has 5 submarine cables landing at 1 station (GeoCables resilience score 45/100, vulnerable).