The Iraqi government continues its efforts to recover the national archive from the United States, which includes unique copies of documents and books, particularly the Old Testament and the "Iraqi Jewish Archive.

The "Iraqi Jewish Archive" contains the oldest Iraqi version of the Torah, brought from Vienna in 1568, along with a collection of ancient stone books, modern books, documents, and manuscripts dating back over 300 years, according to researcher Nabil Al-Rubaie, who specializes in documenting the history of Iraq's minorities.

The archive also includes several Torah scrolls with passages from the Book of Genesis, written on deer skin, in addition to 1,700 rare artifacts documenting the first and second Babylonian exiles and the oldest version of the Babylonian Talmud," according to Al-Rubaie.

In this context, the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities has formed a committee to recover this archive, as announced by the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage in the ministry. They emphasized that "all the primary details related to the national archive pertain to Iraqi civilization in general," affirming their diligent efforts to return this national heritage to its original home, Iraq.

It is worth noting that this national archive did not leave Iraq forcibly; official approvals were obtained in 2003 to send it to America for maintenance and restoration in a mission that was supposed to last two years, but the process has been delayed until today, according to the authority.

The U.S. forces that entered Iraq in 2003 found the archive in the basement of an Iraqi security institution and transferred it to the United States for restoration. However, the absence of Jews in Iraq today has strengthened the position of those advocating for keeping it in America.