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After President Donald Trump barred Iranians from entering the U.S, Iran said it would ban all U.S. citizens from coming to its country. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

People protest against President Trump's executive immigration ban, in Brussels on Jan. 30.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Iraq retaliated Monday against President Trump's executive order banning itsnationalsfromentering the United States for 90 days by approving a "reciprocity measure" that will apply to Americans seeking admissionto the country.

The counter-move was adopted by Iraq's parliament, although it was not clear to what extent it would apply to aid workers, oil company executives and other key workerswho routinely do business in Iraq.

The U.S. military, which has about 5,000 personnel in the country,does not enter Iraq through normal immigration channels. There are thousands of civilian contractors working for the State Department and U.S. military in Iraq.

The push back from Iraq's governmentcame as other voices in the Muslim world and beyond weighed in with criticism and concerns Monday.

An association that represents57 Muslim-majority countries expressed "graveconcern"that Trump's executive order banning refugees and citizensfrom seven of its members from traveling to the U.S.will "embolden the radical narratives of extremists" and provide further fuel for "advocates of violence and terrorism."

Refugee admissions have been halted for120 days. Syrians have been barred indefinitely.

The forcefully worded statement from the Saudi Arabia-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, a group that promotes Muslim solidarity in economic, social and political affairs, arrived as the fallout from Trump's ban for citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen all OIC members showed no sign of abating.

"The OIC calls upon the United States government to reconsider this blanket decision and maintain its moral obligation to provide leadership and hope at a time of great uncertainty and unrest in the world," the organization said.

The OIC's rebuke was the official criticism out of Saudi Arabia, a staunch U.S. ally, and came just a day after Trump spoke to Saudi King Salman and invited him to the White House. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, countries with large Muslim populations, were not included in the ban.

In Europe,European UnionCommission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said that the 28-nation bloc is carefully studying Trump's decision to see how much the travel ban on refugees will impact its 500 million citizens.

Contributing: Jim Michaels in Washington.

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Iraq pushes back with 'reciprocity measure' against Trump's ban