Source published: 6 Sep 2026 15:24 UTC
Urgency: Watch · Evidence: Attributed claim
964media reports that Iraq's Communications and Media Commission extended closures of Korek Telecom offices to Kirkuk, Nineveh and Salah al-Din, bringing the reported total to eight governorates. The action follows a licensing and payment dispute between the regulator and the company. Korek disputes the regulator's account of its obligations. Office closures do not by themselves establish a nationwide mobile-service outage.
What the sources establish
The closure claim is attributed to the Communications and Media Commission through 964media; the report also records Korek's disagreement over payment and licensing terms. Neither the disputed liabilities nor nationwide network availability were independently established. The timestamp is the article's publication time, 18:24:02 at UTC+3, not the time of each closure.
Evidence last checked: 6 Sep 2026 16:27 UTC.
Sources
- 964media
local report relaying the regulator's closure statement and the company's disputed obligations; not an independent audit of closures or network availability