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Sign of Lion in Persepolis; Achaemenid Persian relief University of Chicago Oriental Institute.. The Lion and Sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید, romanized: Šir-o Xoršid, pronounced [ˌʃiːɾo xoɾˈʃiːd]; Classical Persian: [ˌʃeːɾu xʷuɾˈʃeːd]) is one of the main emblems of Iran (), and was an element in Iran's national flag until the 1979 revolution and is still commonly used ...
Simplified Lion and Sun emblem of Iran before 1973. The Lion and Sun motif is one of the better known emblems of Imperial Iran, and between 1576 [citation needed] and 1979 was an element in the flag of Iran. [8] The motif, which combines "ancient Iranian, Arab, Turkish, and Mongol traditions", became a popular symbol in Iran in the 12th century ...
The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as the Tricolour Flag of Iran (پرچم سهرنگ ایران), is a tricolour featuring the Pan-Iranian colors comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the takbir written 11 times each in the Kufic script in white, at the bottom of the green and the ...
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Flag Date Use Description 1980–present: Iran State flag and National flag: A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the Takbir written in the Kufic script in white, repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band, for a total of 22 times on the fringe of the bands.
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In 1980, because of the association of the emblem (Iran's historic Lion and Sun) with the recently deposed Pahlavi dynasty, the newly proclaimed Islamic Republic of Iran replaced the Red Lion and Sun with the Iranian Red Crescent Society, adopting the symbol used by most of the other Muslim-majority countries.
Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Use: National : Proportion: 4:7: Design: After the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution, the special flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran was replaced by the revolutionaries with the Pahlavi "Lion and Sun flag", and 22 "Allahu Akbar" (in honor of the 22th day of Bahman, the victory day of the Islamic Republic of Iran Revolution) were placed on the edge of the ...