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Following the shock announcement that citizens of seven Muslim nations would not be allowed entry into the United States of America as of Friday 27th January 2017 for a period of 90 days, Iraq has decided to respond with equal measures, the Baghdad Invest reported.

Iraq has implemented the exact same measures:

No citizens of the USA can enter Iraq for a period of 90 days.

Citizens with existing Visas will be barred entry.

Iraq has said that once USA lifts the travel ban on citizens of Iraq travelling to the United States of America, it would do the same.

Earlier, the Iraq's Popular Mobilization had called on the country’s government to ban U.S. nationals from entering Iraq and also to expel those already in the country.

Popular Mobilization is a coalition of paramilitary groups that fight ISIS in Iraq. It became an approved body last year by the Iraqi government.

The call to bar U.S. nationals was issued in a statement by the body’s spokesman, Ahmed al-Assadi.

Iran, the other Islamic country, facing Trump's "extreme vetting" measures had also warned of taking required measures. Iran's foreign ministry said Saturday the country will ban Americans from entering the country in response to US President Donald Trump’s “insulting” order restricting arrivals from Iran and six other Muslim states.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran… has decided to respond in kind after the insulting decision of the United States concerning Iranian nationals,” the ministry said in a statement carried by state television.