🇮🇶 Flag: Iraq emoji

The flag of Iraq, a Middle Eastern country with ancient Mesopotamian heritage. The flag features three horizontal stripes in red, white, and black (Pan-Arab colors) with green Arabic text "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) written in Kufic script on the white stripe. Red represents courage, white symbolizes generosity, black represents the defeats of Iraq's enemies, and green represents Islam.

Iraq is known for being the cradle of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, rich archaeological heritage including Babylon and Ur, significant oil reserves, complex sectarian and ethnic diversity, ongoing reconstruction efforts following conflicts, important Shia and Sunni religious sites, and strategic position between Arab and Persian cultural spheres.

This emoji is used to represent Iraq in discussions about Middle Eastern affairs, ancient history, oil industry, or when referencing Mesopotamian civilization, archaeological treasures, religious significance, reconstruction efforts, and Iraq's central role in both ancient and modern Middle Eastern history.

Could also be called Iraqi flag, Iraq country flag or Mesopotamian flag emoji.

Other meanings

Middle East, ancient Mesopotamia, oil reserves, archaeological heritage, religious sites

Example Usage

The ancient ruins in 🇮🇶 showcase Mesopotamian civilization

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with red, white, and black horizontal stripes and green Arabic calligraphy "Allahu Akbar" on the white stripe.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

Flag emojis are often drawn as a "wavy rectangle" with flat vertical lines and curved horizontal lines representing a flag in the wind. Some emoji sets use standard rectangles, rectangles with curved corners or circles.