Flag of Iraq

Republic of Iraq

Use	State and war flag, civil ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	22 January 2008; 17 years ago (2008-01-22)
Design	A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black, charged with the takbīr in green Kufic script, centered on the white stripe.
Script variant, used commonly by the Iraqi Government directly following the official flag modification
Vertical

Since the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état, the various republican governments of Iraq have used a number of different flags, all featuring the pan-Arab colors of green, black, white, and red. The current official and internationally recognized flag of Iraq (علم العراق) was adopted in 2008 as a temporary compromise, and consists of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black stripes of the Arab Liberation Flag, that was first used by Gamal Abdel Nasser during the Egyptian Revolution, with the takbīr written in green in the Kufic script that was originally added by Saddam Hussein following the Gulf War.

This basic tricolour has been in use since its adoption on 31 July 1963, with several changes to the green symbols in the central white stripes; the most recent version adopted on 22 January 2008^[1] bears the takbīr rendered in dark green and removes the three green stars present since 1963.^[2] The flag was initially meant to be temporary but has remained the official flag long past originally intended.^[3]