Jul 09, 2009
They never annouce these things officially and its not the first time they have done that. Its not a ban, more a hold on issuing new visas. Pakistanis, Indians, Iranis, yemenis and all sorts of other nationalities have had a temp hold put on them in the past. Usually after a little while anywhere from a month to 3 months or more they lift the restrictions
Also dunno if its true I heard they are also not issuing new visas for Iraqi nationals.