List of Iranian flags
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The following is a list of flags of Iran.
National flag
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| File:Flag of Iran.svg | 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. Dimensions: 4:7 |
Governmental flags
Military and police flags
{{main|Flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces}}
City flags
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| File:Flag of Chaharbagh, Iran.svg | ?–present | Flag of Chaharbagh | |
| File:Flag of Tehran.svg | ?–present | Flag of Tehran | |
| File:Urmia flag.gif | ?–present | Flag of Urmia |
Organization flags
Historical flags
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| style="width:110px"|Flag | style="width:100px"|Date | style="width:250px"|Use | style="width:400px"|Description |
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|2400 BC |Shahdad standard |One of the oldest flags and the oldest known metal flag in human history.{{Cite book |last1=Graef |first1=Katrien De |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsmtxmD5kWcC&q=shahdad+standard&pg=PA19 |title=Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives.: Proceedings of the International Congress Held at Ghent University, December 14-17, 2009. |last2=Tavernier |first2=Jan |date=2012-12-07 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-20740-0 |language=en}}{{cite book | last=Pittman | first=Holly | title=Art of the Bronze Age : southeastern Iran, western Central Asia, and the Indus Valley | publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art | publication-place=New York | date=1984 | isbn=0-87099-365-8 | oclc=10458778}}{{cite book | last1=Hansen | first1=Donald P. | last2=Ehrenberg | first2=Erica | title=Leaving no stones unturned : essays on the ancient Near East and Egypt in honor of Donald P. Hansen | publisher=Eisenbrauns | publication-place=Winona Lake, Ind. | date=2002 | isbn=978-1-57506-528-1 | oclc=747412049}}{{cite book | last1=Hakemi | first1=Ali | last2=Sajjadi | first2=S. M. S.| title=Shahdad : archaeological excavations of a bronze age center in Iran | publisher=Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente | publication-place=Rome | date=1997 | isbn=81-204-1017-3 | oclc=38932972}} | |||
| 150x150px | 559–529 BC | Standard of the Achaemenid Empire | Also called Derafsh Sahbaz, it was the standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. |
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|559–529 BC |Another reconstructed standard of the Achaemenid Empire | | |||
| |247 BC–224 AD
|Parthian Sun |The flag of Parthians is not known, but it has been stated that they used sun as one of their main emblems.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} | |||
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|147 BC–221/222 AD |Standard of the Elymais | | |||
| File:Derafsh_Kaviani_flag_of_the_late_Sassanid_Empire.svg | 224–651 | Flag of the Sasanian Empire | Called Derafsh Kaviani, it is the mythological and historical flag of Iran until the end of the Sassanid dynasty, which according to Ferdowsi's narration in the Shahnameh, this flag emerged with the uprising of Kaveh the Blacksmith against the tyrannical king Zahak and the beginning of the Fereydon's kingdom and Pishdadian dynasty. |
| File:Shirvan gerb.png | 861–1538 | Standard of the Shirvanshahs dynasty | |
| File:White flag.png | 864–928 | Flag of the Alid dynasties of northern Iran | A plain white flag |
| File:Flag of Nizari Ismaili state (1090-1162).svg | 1090–1162 | 1st flag of the Nizari Ismaili state | Plain green flag |
| File:Flag of Nizari Ismaili state (1162-1256).svg | 1162–1256 | 2nd flag of the Nizari Ismaili state | Plain red flag |
| File:Flag of Ilkhanate.svg | 1258–1432 | Flag of the Ilkhanate and the Jalayirid Sultanate | A scarlet square on a golden field |
| File:Timurid Pennant.svg | 1384–1405 | Flag of the Timurid Empire | |
| File:Timurid.svg | 1405–1502 | Flag of the Timurid Empire | |
| File:Aqqoyunluflag.png | 1452-1478 | Standard of Uzun Hasan | Uzun Hasan's standard, sultan of Aq Qoyunlu from 1452 until 1478 |
| File:Safavid Flag.svg | 1501–1524 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty | The Lion and Sun symbol on a green background. |
| File:Flag of Shah Tahmasp I.svg | 1524–1576 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty during Shah Tahmasp's reign{{Cite web |title=Persia (Iran) from XVI to XVIIIth century |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ir_per16.html#xvi |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=www.fotw.info}}
|The reason he had placed a sheep on the official flag was that he was born during the month of Aries. | |
| File:Safavid_Flag.svg | 1576–1732 | Flag of the Safavid dynasty | After Shah Tahmasp's death, the old flag was reinstated. |
| File:Banner of Safavid Qezelbash Special Forces.jpg
|1576–1666 |Banner of the Safavid Qizilbash |Features the Lion and Sun emblem on white | |||
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|1736–1747 |Standard of Nader Shah |Ten-stripes, five red and five yellow | |||
| File:Afsharid_Imperial_Standard_(3_Stripes).svg | 1747–1796 | Standard of the Afsharid dynasty | Three-striped version |
| File:Afsharid Imperial Standard (4 Stripes).svg | 1747–1796 | Standard of the Afsharid dynasty | Four-striped version |
| File:Naval Flag of Nader Shah.svg
|1734-1796 |Flag of the Afsharid navy |Plain white flag with a red shamshir | |||
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|1751–1779 |Flag of Karim Khan |The "Ya Karim" flag, which was a pun on Karim Khan Zand's name, and Al-Karim (the generous), which was one of the Islamic names of God. | |||
| File:Zand Dynasty flag.svg | 1751–1794 | A Zand flag{{Cite web |title=Iran Politics Club: Iranian Military Uniforms Pictorial History 19: Zand |url=https://iranpoliticsclub.net/photos/U19-Zand/index.htm |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=iranpoliticsclub.net}} | Green Striped Lion and Sun Standard |
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|1751–1794 |A Zand flag |Red and Green Striped Lion and Sun Standard | |||
| File:Flag_of_Agha_Mohammad_Khan.svg | 1789–1797{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | Flag of the Qajar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | A red background with a lion in a circle in middle of it. |
| File:Mohammad_Shah_Qajar_Flag.svg | 1797–1848{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | Flag of the Qajar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | A white background with the Lion and Sun on it. |
| File:Amir_Kabir_Flag.svg | 1848–1852{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | Flag of the Qajar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | The green and red border was added. |
| File:Early_20th_Century_Qajar_Flag.svg | 1852–1907{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | Flag of the Qajar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} | Without red borders. |
| File:Tricolour_Flag_of_Iran_(1886).svg | 1886 | Flag of the Qajar dynasty | A long horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the Iranian lion surrounded in the middle, overlapping the tricolors |
| File:Civil flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg | 1910–1980 | Civil flag and ensign of Iran | A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red |
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|1920–1921 |Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Iran |The word Kaveh is written in the canton of the flag referring to the legendary hero Kaveh the Blacksmith from the old Iranian epic poem "Shahnameh" who lead a rebellion against Zahak. | |||
| 150x150px | 1925–1979 | State flag and ensign of the constitutional monarchy of Iran under the Pahlavi dynasty | 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. |
| File:Naval ensign of Iran (1964–1979).svg | 1925–1979 | War flag and ensign of Iran | War flag and ensign of Iran. (It was first designed in 1910 with the Kiani Crown, which was switched to the Pahlavi Crown in 1925.) |
| File:Naval Ensign of Iran (1979–1980).svg | 1979–1979 | War flag and ensign of the Islamic Republic of Iran | War flag and ensign of the Islamic Republic of Iran (by removing the Pahlavi Crown and before the withdrawal of the Lion and Sun). |
| File:First_Flag_of_I.R.Iran.svg | 1980 | First flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran | A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the emblem in the middle |
| File:IRI flag with the first takbir design.svg | 1980 | Flag of Islamic Republic of Iran with the first Takbir design | A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the Takbir written in a different 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. The similarity of the Takbir design and "usa" led to the changing and banning of the design. Dimensions: 4:7 |
Political flags
See also
{{Commons category|Flags of Iran}}