The Iraqi National Security Council passed, on Monday (October 9), a resolution to put the mobile communications network in the Kurdistan region under Baghdad control.
This is yet another measure meant as retaliation against the independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq on September 25, NRT reports.
According to a statement from the Iraqi PM office, the Iraqi government will continue implementing measures taken against the independence referendum "to restore the federal authority in the region and the disputed areas."