File:Flag of Iraq.svg

Own work. This vector image and its matching construction sheet are based on the Government flag image shown at protocol-pmo.gov.iq. Several very small adjustments have been applied to improve symmetry, character alignment, and character spacing. Note that the flag image shown on the government web page (and referenced above) is very likely derived from a previous version of this Wikimedia file.

See also Flags of the World - Iraq.
Also in use as current Air Force roundel seen here

Author See File history below for details.

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This work was first published in Iraq and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Law No. 3 of 1971 on Copyright, amended 2004 by Order No. 83, Amendment to the Copyright Law (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

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It is a photographic or cinematic work that is not compositive (artistic in nature) first published before 1 January 1999
It is work published in Iraq before 1 January 1954, and the author died before 1 January 1979
It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author)
It is one of "collections of official documents, such as texts of international laws, regulations and agreements, judicial judgements and various official documents."
It is the work of a body corporate, public or private, published by January 1st, 1980 (Article 20, 1971 law).

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Iraq has enacted Law No. 3 of 1971 on Copyright (Arabic) which came into force on 21 January 1971. Iraq has enacted Regulation No. 10 of 1985 on the National Committee for the Protection of Copyright (Arabic) which came into force on 2 September 1985. Iraq has enacted Order No. 83, Amendment to the Copyright Law (Arabic) (unofficial English (WIPO) translation) which came into force on 1 May 2004.

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Other versions

Current flags and coats of arms
State flag (2008-present)
Coat of arms (2008–present)

Historical flags
(1921–1959)
Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan (1958)
(1959–1963)
(1963–1991)
(1991–2004)
(2004–2008)

Interpretation of the colors

Scheme	Textile colour
Red	The Hashemite dynasty, bloody struggle for freedom.
White	The Umayyad dynasty, bright and peaceful future.
Green	The Islam, the takbīr (the phrase Allahu akbar, meaning "God is great" in Arabic)
Black	The Abbasid dynasty,

Colours scheme: valid for iraqi flags 1963-present [1] archive copy at the Wayback Machine

	Red	White	Green	Black
RGB	`205/17/37`	`255/255/255`	`1/123/61`	`0/0/0`
Hexadecimal	`#cd1125`	`#ffffff`	`#017b3d`	`#000000ff`
CMYK	`0/92/82/20`	`0/0/0/0`	`99/0/50/52`	`0/0/0/100`

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:47, 30 November 2022	900 × 600 (1 KB)	MapGrid	Reverted. There is a lot of value in having code that is readable to humans. Please do not remove title tags, tabs, and line feed characters just for the sake of saving a few bytes.
	13:29, 30 November 2022	900 × 600 (1 KB)	VexilAlpaca	Slight code reduction using SVGOMG
	03:41, 13 February 2022	900 × 600 (1 KB)	MapGrid	Synced with File:Flag of Iraq (construction sheet).svg. Removed unnecessary matrices. Minor improvements to symmetry, character alignment, and characters spacing. Colours changed to match RGB values shown on government website.
	17:24, 4 September 2020	900 × 600 (3 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed small imperfections. Re-optimized svg code before upload. No other changes.
	15:42, 27 July 2019	900 × 600 (2 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Corrected imperfections: centering script; flag margins. Optimized svg code. No other changes.
	17:27, 4 January 2019	900 × 600 (2 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Reduced size (compressed).
	10:44, 4 January 2019	900 × 600 (3 KB)	Tcfc2349	reduce size
	20:26, 2 January 2019	900 × 600 (5 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Higher svg resolution (same proportion: 2:3) according other iraqi flags.
	22:59, 1 December 2018	414 × 276 (3 KB)	Tcfc2349	replaced
	11:24, 2 December 2016	411 × 274 (3 KB)	Tcfc2349	modified
	09:04, 1 December 2016	411 × 274 (3 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed
	08:29, 1 December 2016	411 × 274 (2 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed
	08:28, 1 December 2016	411 × 274 (2 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed
	14:24, 30 September 2016	411 × 274 (3 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed code
	14:22, 30 September 2016	411 × 274 (3 KB)	Tcfc2349	modified
	14:09, 30 September 2016	411 × 274 (2 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed code
	14:08, 30 September 2016	411 × 274 (2 KB)	Tcfc2349	fixed
	12:37, 30 September 2016	411 × 274 (2 KB)	Jarekt	optimization by User:Tcfc2349
	14:23, 23 September 2015	411 × 274 (5 KB)	ImageUploader12345	Reason already given in previous upload, this is accurately depicts the current Kufic script on the flag
	20:34, 22 September 2015	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Sanderron	new
	14:27, 14 September 2015	411 × 274 (5 KB)	ImageUploader12345	Reverted to version as of 03:23, 13 September 2015 The flag you have uploaded was created by using the Kufic script of the 2004-2008 flag, it is not accurate
	17:40, 13 September 2015	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Fry1989
	03:23, 13 September 2015	411 × 274 (5 KB)	ImageUploader12345	Correcting the Kufic script style to be that of the real flag
	22:02, 15 August 2014	900 × 600 (4 KB)	SiBr4	Reduced by >600 bytes and fixed seam
	21:55, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Canoe1967	Reverted to version as of 19:26, 1 July 2013 blocked vandal
	19:28, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 19:22, 1 July 2013
	19:26, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Fry1989
	19:22, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 19:18, 1 July 2013
	19:19, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 19:03, 1 July 2013
	19:18, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 19:01, 1 July 2013
	19:03, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Fry1989
	19:01, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 18:43, 1 July 2013
	18:53, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Fry1989	vandalism
	18:43, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 12:00, 1 July 2013
	15:54, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 13:23, 12 September 2012
	12:00, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 11:53, 1 July 2013
	11:59, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:16, 1 July 2013
	11:57, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 09:45, 25 June 2010
	11:53, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:15, 1 July 2013
	11:50, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:15, 1 July 2013
	08:16, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:14, 1 July 2013
	08:15, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:12, 1 July 2013
	08:14, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:11, 1 July 2013
	08:12, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:10, 1 July 2013
	08:11, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 08:06, 1 July 2013
	08:10, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 09:45, 25 June 2010
	08:06, 1 July 2013	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Mohammed alkhater	Reverted to version as of 09:45, 25 June 2010
	13:23, 12 September 2012	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Palosirkka	Scrubbed with http://codedread.com/scour/
	16:07, 12 April 2012	900 × 600 (6 KB)	Demonsul	Reverted to version as of 17:16, 16 October 2011, reason: previous code 'cleanup' seems to have derped ye flag
	08:20, 12 April 2012	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Alkari	code cleanup
	17:16, 16 October 2011	900 × 600 (6 KB)	R-41~commonswiki	Corrected the shades of colours to the pan-Arab shades that were first used on the pan-Arab Revolt flag. The pan-Arab colours as shown in this arrangement have been used by Iraq since 1963.
	09:45, 25 June 2010	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Trockennasenaffe	code cleanup + valid svg
	01:45, 24 October 2009	900 × 600 (6 KB)	Fry1989	Arabic does not use dots, they use a diamond shape for puncuation
	22:48, 12 October 2008	411 × 274 (4 KB)	Militaryace
	22:35, 9 October 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	22:34, 9 October 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	Reverted to version as of 19:28, 8 October 2008
	22:34, 9 October 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	22:31, 9 October 2008	572 × 381 (98 KB)	Militaryace
	19:28, 8 October 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:24, 8 October 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:21, 8 October 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	18:42, 18 September 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	18:36, 18 September 2008	572 × 381 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	02:13, 26 August 2008	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Militaryace
	02:11, 26 August 2008	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Militaryace
	23:48, 21 June 2008	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:42, 17 June 2008	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:39, 17 June 2008	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:36, 17 June 2008	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:35, 17 June 2008	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:29, 17 June 2008	900 × 600 (4 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	19:12, 17 June 2008	900 × 600 (5 KB)	Militaryace	{{ar\|علم العراق}} {{cs\|Vlajka Iráku}} {{de\|Die Flagge Iraks.}} {{en\|The flag of Iraq.}} {{eo\|La flago de Irako.}} {{es\|Bandera de Iraq
	09:46, 19 May 2008	900 × 600 (9 KB)	Madden	equalized height of stripes to 1/3 each
	08:45, 18 February 2008	900 × 600 (9 KB)	Hoshie	re-did the arabic inscription, based on WFB, Vexilla-Mundi, FOTW
	22:45, 7 February 2008	900 × 600 (6 KB)	Militaryace	Updated green of Arabic script to meet Iraqi Government standards colour (Pantone 355 c)
	16:59, 6 February 2008	900 × 600 (6 KB)	Militaryace	This version contains the correct colour used on the flags flown over all Iraqi Government buildings in Baghdad. see this article to supplement my claim ( http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j02oF5VmAY4tjOLhires_UoYcaFg ) Flag of Iraq as of 2008. So
	19:58, 26 January 2008	900 × 600 (9 KB)	Hoshie	fixed the Arabic inscription to match with FOTW.
	10:02, 23 January 2008	900 × 600 (8 KB)	Collard	an image with this filename should always refer to the current version of the flag; hence, re-uploading
	19:02, 26 November 2007	900 × 600 (9 KB)	Vispec
	20:29, 2 February 2006	900 × 600 (9 KB)	Urmas
	20:17, 2 February 2006	1,063 × 709 (9 KB)	Kookaburra	Pantone Colors according to [http://www.fotw.net/flags/iq.html] (Album des Pavillons 2000) converted in CMYK with [http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/colors/conversion/] Red: Pantone 185 c => CMYK (%) C 0 - M100 - Y 77 - K 12 Green: Pantone 355 c =>
	19:53, 7 January 2006	900 × 600 (9 KB)	Dbenbenn	clean SVG code, scale image up by 2 (changes are PD)
	16:22, 7 January 2006	450 × 300 (11 KB)	Urmas
	23:08, 24 November 2005	1,063 × 709 (8 KB)	Nightstallion	Flag of Iraq from the [http://openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art] website. {{PD-OpenClipart}} Category:SVG flags