Flag of Iran

Articles on the flag of Iran — history, design, official protocols of display, and contemporary events involving the national flag.
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Flag of Iran

Iran Flag

جمهوری اسلامی ایران (Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān)
“Parcham-e se rang”
Also known as Iran (it); Iran (fr); Iran (de); Irán (es)
ISO 3166: IR (364)


Adopted
29 July 1980
Proportions
4:7
FIAV usage
Civil land: usedState land: usedWar land: usedCivil sea: usedState sea: usedWar sea: used

Used as civil, state and military flag, on land and at sea.
Official status
Officially adopted by national law
Colors
#239F40 #FFFFFF #DA0000
Designer
Hamid Nadimi (emblem)
Predecessor
Flag of the Imperial State of Iran (Lion and Sun)
Regulatory document
Article 18 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979); ISIRI Standard No. 1
Design family
Horizontal tricolour
Color family
Pan-Iranian
Blazoning
On the white band, centred, a red emblem composed of four crescents and a sword, surmounted by a shadda, stylised to read "Allāh" and to evoke a tulip; along the inner edges of the green and red bands, twenty-two repetitions of the takbīr ("Allāhu akbar") in white Kufic script
Construction sheet
https://www.fotw.info/flags/ir%27.html

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PredecessorFlag of the Imperial State of Iran (Lion and Sun)
Current flagsince 29 July 1980