Iceland
1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish
Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark)
India
15 August 1947 (from the UK)
Indonesia
17 August 1945 (declared); 27 December 1949 (by the
Netherlands); note - in August 2005 the Netherlands announced that
it had recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945
Iran
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed); notable
earlier dates: ca. 625 B.C. (unification of Iran under the Medes);
ca. A.D. 1501 (Iran reunified under the Safavids); 12 December 1925
(modern Iran established under the Pahlavis)
Iraq
3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British
administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional
Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Government
Ireland
6 December 1921 (from the UK by treaty)
Isle of Man
none (British crown dependency)
Israel
14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British
administration)
Italy
17 March 1861 (Kingdom of Italy proclaimed; Italy was not
finally unified until 1870)
Jamaica
6 August 1962 (from the UK)