Mobile operator · Iraq

Zain Iraq ASN, MCC/MNC and IP prefixes

Zain Iraq is a mobile network operator in Iraq, part of Zain Group. It routes traffic through one autonomous system (AS59588), which announced 107 prefixes at our last probe, and its SIMs carry MCC/MNC 418-20, 418-30.

ASNs
1
Prefixes
107
Reviewed
September 2026
Country
Iraq (IQ)
Parent group
Zain Group
ASNs
AS59588
MCC / MNC
418-20, 418-30
Network generations
4G LTE
ASNs confirmed
1 of 1
Announced prefixes
107 at probe on 2026-09-06
Official site
www.iq.zain.com

Autonomous systems

Holder names and prefix counts come from the RIPE NCC's RIPEstat Data API, fetched on 2026-09-06. Role and confidence come from the evidence linked in each row; "confirmed" means a PeeringDB or RIPEstat record, or the operator's own site, names the operator.
Zain Iraq autonomous systems
ASNHolder (RIPEstat)RoleAnnouncedIPv4 prefixesIPv6 prefixesEvidence
AS59588ZAINAS-IQ Al Atheer Telecommunication-Iraq Co. Ltd. Incorporated in Cayman IslandsPeeringDB: Zain-IQMobile networkconfirmedyes7235source · RIPEstat · PeeringDB

Mobile network codes

The MCC identifies the country and the MNC identifies the operator inside it. Together they appear in the IMSI of every SIM on the network and in device diagnostics; they are how a handset knows which network it is on.
Zain Iraq MCC and MNC
MCC-MNCMCCMNCSource
418-2041820en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_IT
418-3041830en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_IT

About Zain Iraq

Zain Iraq is a mobile network operator in Iraq and part of Zain Group. The registry records one ASN, AS59588, registered to Al Atheer Telecommunication-Iraq Co. Ltd. and confirmed as carrying the mobile network. Zain Iraq's mobile country and network codes are MCC 418 with MNC 20 and MNC 30.

The registry holds a single autonomous system number for Zain Iraq. AS59588 is registered to Al Atheer Telecommunication-Iraq Co. Ltd. and is the confirmed mobile ASN. It announced 72 IPv4 prefixes against 35 IPv6 prefixes at the last probe, so the IPv4 side is about twice the size of the IPv6 side. PeeringDB records the network under the name Zain-IQ and carries no network type for it. The registry lists 4G LTE as the network generation for the operator.

One ASN carries everything the registry documents for Zain Iraq, so an address whose origin ASN is AS59588 is routed by this operator. The registry confirms that ASN's role as mobile, but it does not divide the announced prefixes between mobile subscribers, fixed lines and business customers. An address on AS59588 is Zain Iraq traffic, and the ASN alone does not settle which kind of connection it came from. Anyone classifying traffic needs evidence beyond the origin ASN to call it a mobile address.

Research note. PeeringDB net 12336 'Zain-IQ' website https://www.iq.zain.com; RIPEstat holder Al Atheer Telecommunication-Iraq (former MTC Atheer, rebranded Zain 2007, acquired Iraqna 2008 per iq.zain.com). Zain Group holds 71.67% per Wikipedia MEA operator list. MNC 20 = former MTC Atheer, MNC 30 = former Iraqna (Wikipedia). Operator site brands the network '4.5G+'; who-we-are page states first 4G-LTE provider in Iraq (2021). No 5G source found. All other asnCandidates (SatGate, TigrisNet, ITPC, etc.) are unrelated 'Iraq' keyword matches and were rejected.

Check whether an IP belongs to Zain Iraq

Look up the origin ASN of the address and compare it with the table above. RIPEstat answers for any address, and the RADB whois mirror lists the routes registered under an ASN.
Origin ASN of an address
curl -s "https://stat.ripe.net/data/prefix-overview/data.json?resource=203.0.113.9" | jq '.data.asns'
Routes registered under AS59588
whois -h whois.radb.net -- '-i origin AS59588' | grep ^route

Questions

What is Zain Iraq's ASN?
AS59588 is the only ASN the registry records for Zain Iraq, and it is confirmed as the one carrying the mobile network. It is registered to Al Atheer Telecommunication-Iraq Co. Ltd. and appears in PeeringDB under the name Zain-IQ.
What is the MCC/MNC of Zain Iraq?
The registry records two rows for Zain Iraq. Both use mobile country code 418, the code for Iraq, one with mobile network code 20 and the other with mobile network code 30, written as 418-20 and 418-30.
Is an IP from AS59588 a mobile IP?
AS59588 is documented as Zain Iraq's mobile ASN, so an address originating there belongs to that operator's network. The registry does not label individual prefixes by access type, so the ASN by itself does not prove a particular address sits on a mobile connection.

Where Zain Iraq meets other networks

PeeringDB records no public exchange presence for Zain Iraq, which says nothing about how it reaches other networks privately. These are the Iraq cities where the registry does record exchange and facility capacity.

Network cities in Iraq: Baghdad.

Sources

ASN and prefix data describe how the operator's networks are registered and announced. They do not identify an individual subscriber or where a device is, since carriers route traffic from many areas through shared gateways.