The shooting left 17 Iraqi civilians dead and more than 20 wounded
Iraq has demanded that the US end its association with private security firm Blackwater within six months.
It accuses Blackwater guards of having deliberately fired on Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring more than 20.
The government has demanded Blackwater pay $8m compensation to each family bereaved by last month's shootings.
Private security employees are immune from prosecution in Iraq, but an FBI investigation into the killings raises the prospect of trials in the US.
The BBC's Jon Brain in Baghdad says the now infamous Blackwater affair is continuing to cause huge strains between the Iraqi and US governments.
The new details of Iraq's demands were outlined in an official report issued on Monday in Arabic and subsequently translated by international news agencies.
Blackwater denies its men acted improperly, while Washington, which depends on the company to protect its embassy staff in Baghdad, has declined to comment on the Iraqi report.
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