The official state symbol of the Republic of Iraq - its flag - was adopted on January 22, 2008.
Description and proportions of the flag of Iraq
The rectangular flag of Iraq is divided into three equal horizontal stripes. The top stripe is bright red, the middle one is white, the bottom field of the flag is black. On the middle white stripe, the inscription "God is great" is inscribed in green in Arabic. The ratio of the ratio of the length of the Iraqi flag to its width is 3: 2.
History of the flag of Iraq
The State of Iraq was created by the League of Nations in 1920. The first flag of the newly formed country was a tricolor with horizontal stripes of equal width in black, white and green, located from top to bottom. An isosceles triangle was applied at the flagpole, the base to the flagpole. Then the triangle was transformed into a trapezoid, on the field of which two white stars appeared.
The 1958 military coup destroyed the monarchy and the Iraqi flag became a vertical tricolor. The black stripe was located at the pole, the middle white field had an eight-pointed red-yellow star on its background, symbolizing the sun. The third stripe was done in green. The yellow and red colors of the flag represented the Kurds and Assyrians living in Iraq, and the black and green colors represented pan-Arabism, which was a social and political movement that consolidated the Arabs in the Middle East.
Another military coup made changes to the design of the Iraqi flag. It became a horizontal tricolor again, and three green five-pointed stars appeared on its middle white field. Their symbolism consisted in the propaganda of the slogan of the leaders of the Baath Party who came to power: freedom, socialism and unity.
Saddam Hussein's regime adopted the new Iraqi flag. The horizontal tricolor of red-white-black color had an inscription in the handwriting of the Iraqi leader "Allah Akbar" and three green stars on the middle field. The cloth symbolized the red field of the irreconcilable struggle against the enemies of Islamism, and the white stripe reminded of the generosity and nobility of the inhabitants of the country. The black color on the flag signified the great past of Iraq and served as a mourning for the fallen patriots.
In 2008, the parliament of the Republic of Iraq voted to abolish the old flag. The new state symbol of the country first ascended on February 5 over all government buildings and institutions.
