Regional shutdown
Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq ordered Internet services to be suspended on the morning of 2 July 2025 between 6:30 and 7:45 local time (+3 UTC). This regional shutdown coincided with larger national shutdown covering all of Iraq, both are part of series of shutdowns during the public school exams, which is expected to happen every Sunday and Wednesday. The original schedule was set to end on 29 June, however, there were no exams in the week of 15 June as the government paused exams due to Israel-Iran war.
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In a press release to announce the preparations for the exams, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education mentioned that they are thankful that the Ministry of Transport and Communications will cut off Internet connections for two hours from 6am to 8am, however, the data shows that the shutdowns was effectively between 6:30am and 7:30am.
Postponement of exams: https://www.kurdistan24.net/ckb/story/845621/%D9%88%DB%95%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%BE%DB%95%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%95%D9%88%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA
Announcement of resumption of Internet shutdowns: https://www.kurdistan24.net/ckb/story/847249/%D8%B3%D8%A8%DB%95%DB%8C-%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%AA-%D9%84%DB%95-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8%DA%95%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%AA

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Cloudflare Radar data shows drops in Cloudflare traffic in networks operating mainly in Kurdistan region in Iraq, mainly Kurdistan NET (KNET) and Newroz Telecom
