The flag: Iraq emoji reps a bold red–white–black tricolor with a green “Allahu Akbar” in blocky Kufic script across the middle stripe—tiny in emoji form, but unmistakable. On Apple/iOS it appears as a glossy, slightly waving rectangle with no pole, saturated reds and deep blacks, and a crisp green inscription that sits centered and tight, like a designer chose the bold font setting on purpose. Even shrunk down, the clean stripes and that green text are the instant giveaway.
People drop this flag for Baghdad pride, football hype (the Lions of Mesopotamia energy), and diaspora check-ins—think posts about masgouf, dolma, and family trips back home. It shows up under news headlines for solidarity, during Ramadan/Eid greetings, and in travel threads where someone announces “touchdown in Basra” like it’s a mini movie premiere. In meme land it’s used for “history started here” flexes (Mesopotamia shoutout), oil-economy hot takes, and sometimes a dry, sarcastic “Middle East geopolitics be like…” punchline. You’ll also see it paired with date palms, lions, or ancient-history vibes when folks channel Babylon, the Tigris & Euphrates, or the Ishtar Gate. Sports nights turn timelines into wallpaper—flag spam after a clutch goal, and nobody’s complaining.
It can read proud, nostalgic, dramatic, or wry, depending on context: from wedding vids and chobi dance clips to posts about rebuilding, resilience, and community. However it’s used, that green Kufic script in the white band is the visual mic drop.
This emoji represents the country of Iraq.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1369 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters IQ Iraq |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇮🇶 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇮🇶 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇮 🇶 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇮 🇶 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1ee, 1f1f6 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EE, U+1F1F6 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127470, 127478 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAE, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AE, F0 9F 87 B6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 256, 360 237 207 266 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEE, 0xD83C 0xDDF6 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddee, d83cddf6 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56814, 55356 56822 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EE 0x0001F1F6 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EE, 01F1F6 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127470, 127478 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EE\U0001F1F6" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xae\xf0\x9f\x87\xb6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEE\uD83C\uDDF6" |
