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.

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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:

It is an anonymous work or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication or it was published prior to 1 May 2004
It is a work where the copyright holder is a legal entity or a work of applied art and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication
It is a photographic or cinematic work that is not compositive (artistic in nature) first published before 1 May 1999
It is work published in Iraq before 1 May 1954, and the author died before 1 May 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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Per U.S. Circ. 38a, the following countries are not participants in the Berne Convention or Universal Copyright Convention and there is no presidential proclamation restoring U.S. copyright protection to works of these countries on the basis of reciprocal treatment of the works of U.S. nationals or domiciliaries:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Marshall Islands, Palau, Somalia, Somaliland, and South Sudan.

As such, works published by citizens of these countries in these countries are usually not subject to copyright protection outside of these countries. Hence, such works may be in the public domain in most other countries worldwide.

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Unpublished works from these countries may be fully copyrighted.
A work from one of these countries may become copyrighted in the United States under the URAA if the work's home country enters a copyright treaty or agreement with the United States and the work is still under copyright in its home country.

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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This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

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

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
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Short title	Flag of Iraq
Width	900
Height	600

File:Flag of Iraq.svg

Summary

Interpretation of the colors

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

Captions

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depicts

Iraq

Ba'athist Iraq

Kingdom of Iraq

copyright status

public domain

symbol of

Iraq

inception

22 January 2008

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