Zain Iraq · 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.
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.
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.
About Zain Iraq
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.
Checking 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.
curl -s "https://stat.ripe.net/data/prefix-overview/data.json?resource=203.0.113.9" | jq '.data.asns'whois -h whois.radb.net -- '-i origin AS59588' | grep ^routeQuestions
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.
Sources
- https://www.iq.zain.com/en
- https://www.iq.zain.com/en/about-us/who-we-are
- https://www.peeringdb.com/api/net?asn=59588
- https://stat.ripe.net/data/as-overview/data.json?resource=AS59588
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zain_Group
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_the_Middle_East_and_Africa
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_codes_in_ITU_region_4xx_(Asia)
- RIPEstat Data API (holder, announced prefixes)
- PeeringDB API (network records)