National Olympic Committee of Iraq

{{Short description|National Olympic Committee}}

{{Infobox National Olympic Committee

| title = National Olympic Committee of Iraq

| logo = National Olympic Committee of Iraq logo.svg

| size = 150px

| country = Iraq

| code = IRQ

| created = 1948 (original)
2004 (reconstituted)

| recognized = 1948

| dissolved = 2003 (CPA Order No. 2)

| association = OCA

| headquarters = Baghdad, Iraq

| president = Aqeel Moften

| secretary general = Haetham Abdulhamid

| website = [https://noc-irq.iq/ official website]

}}

The National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI) ({{langx|ar|اللجنة الاولمبية الوطنية العراقية}}) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iraq. It was established in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. It was officially dissolved in May 2003 by L. Paul Bremer under Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051012010032/http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20030823_CPAORD_2_Dissolution_of_Entities_with_Annex_A.pdf Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2: Dissoulution of Entities]}} but was reestablished in February 2004 with the assistance of the International Olympic Committee.{{cite news|title=Olympic Officials Reverse Iraq Ban|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/China/story?id=5474503|access-date=16 October 2022|work=ABC News|date=18 February 2009}}

Its current Director General is Tiras Odisho an ethnic Assyrian Christian, a Karate expert and coach, based in Sweden.

The committee organizes the Iraqi participation in the Olympic Games, choose the participants and run the training program. It has 16 Olympic national federations members and 7 by the IOC national federations members.

{{wikinews|Iraq threatened with expulsion from world football by FIFA}}