Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran
Flag of Iran
Designer	Hamid Nadimi
Adopted	7 October 1907 (original version, 1:3 ratio) 1964 (4:7 ratio) 29 July 1980 (current version)
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The national flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a horizontal tricolor of green, white, and red. There is a red National Emblem of Iran in the middle of the white band. Designed by Hamid Nadimi, and officially approved by Parliament and the Leader Grand Ayatollah Khomeini on 9 May 1980, this emblem is a highly stylised composite of various Islamic elements: a geometrically symmetric form of the word Allah ("God") and overlapping parts of the phrase lā ʾilāha ʾillā l-Lāh, (There is no God Except Allah), forming a monogram in the form of a tulip it consists of four crescents and a line. Written in white and repeated eleven times on the inner edges of each the green and the red band is the phrase Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest) in a stylised version of the kufic script. The green horizontal band represents several aspects of Iranian culture, including the Persian language, vitality, unity, nature, growth and happiness. The white horizontal band represents freedom. The red represents the bloodshed of martyrs, bravery and sophistication.

Historical flags

Flag of the Achaemenids also known as the Standard of Cyrus the Great (550–330 BCE)

Flag of the Sassanids, also known as the Standard of the Kays (300 BC –651 AC)

Flag of Safavid Dynasty under Ismail I (1501–1524)

Flag of Safavid Dynasty under Tahmasp I (1524–1576)

Flag of Safavid Dynasty after Ismail II (1576–1732)

An Imperial Standard of the Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796)

Another Imperial Standard of the Afsharid dynasty

Imperial Flag of Afsharid Dynasty (1747–1760).

Flag of the Zand Dynasty (1751–1794)

Another Flag of the Zand Dynasty

Flag of Mohammad Khan (1789 – 1797)

Peace flag of Fat′h Ali Shah (1797–1834)

Flag used during the reign of Mohammad Shah (1834 –1848)

Tricolour flag designed by Amir Kabir, state flag 1848

Flag of Nasser al-Din Shah (1848–1896)

Tricolour flag reported in 1886

State flag (1910–1925)

State flag (1925–1964)

State flag (1964–1979)

co-State flag (1979–1980)

Alternate version of the State flag of Iran (1910–1980). This flag was standardised during the constitutional monarchy era, but the main flag elements were unchanged and described in the Iranian supplementary fundamental laws of 7 October 1907. This flag is still used by a number of Iranian exiles and opposition groups such as the People's Mojahedin of Iran.

Flag proposals

Iran flag proposal by Renatus, Wikimedia Commons, Apr 2013. (details)

Proposal by Laqueesha.

Design by Flag Mashup Bot.

Flag proposal by an unknown person.

Flag redesign by an unknown person.