List of flags used by Iranian peoples

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This is a list of flags used by the people of Iranic origin.

Historical

= Before Christ =

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{{ListFlag|Standard of Cyrus the Great (White).svg}}

| 550–330 BCE

|Flag of the Achaemenids also known as the Standard of Cyrus the Great

{{ListFlag|Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg}}

| 300 BC –651 AD {{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/AHistoryOfZoroastrianismVolIiIii|title=A History of Zoroastrianism vol II & III|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cultureofiran.com/b_history.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011121030510/http://www.cultureofiran.com/b_history.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 21, 2001|title=Culture of Iran|date=November 21, 2001}}{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECFGAQAAIAAJ |title = Encyclopaedia Britannica: A new survey of universal knowledge|last1 = Ashmore|first1 = Harry S.|year = 1961}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HulCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT197 | title=Persian Art| isbn=9781783107964| last1=Lukonin| first1=Vladimir| last2=Ivanov| first2=Anatoly| date=2015-09-15}}

|Flag of the Sassanids, also known as the Standard of the Kays

|Derafsh Kaviani

= After Islam =

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{{ListFlag|Shirvan gerb.png}}

| 799-1607

| Symbol of the Shirvanshahs

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg}}

| 1171–1260

| Flag of the Ayyubid dynasty

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Persia (1502-1524).svg}}

|1502-1524

|Flag of the Safavid dynasty

|under Ismail I

{{ListFlag|Flag of Shah Tahmasp I.svg}}

|1524–1576

|Flag of the Safavid dynasty

|under Tahmasp I

{{ListFlag|Safavid Flag.svg}}

|1576–1666

|Flag of the Safavid dynasty

{{ListFlag|Black flag.svg}}

| 1709–1738

| Flag of the Hotaki dynasty

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{{ListFlag|Afsharid Imperial Standard (3 Stripes).svg}}

| 1736–1796

| Flag of the Afsharid dynasty

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Herat until 1842.svg}}

| 1747–1826

| Flag of the Durrani Empire

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{{ListFlag|Zand Dynasty flag.svg}}

| 1750–1796

| Flag of the Zand dynasty

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{{ListFlag|State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg}}

|1964 - July 29, 1980

|Flag of Iran, also known as the Three Colour Flag

|With the Lion and sun on the center. Used by a number of Iranian exiles in opposition.

{{ListFlag|Flag of Tajik SSR.svg}}

|20 March 1953 - 24 November 1992

|Flag of Tajikistan

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Tajikistan (1991-1992).png}}

|10 September 1991 - 24 November 1992

|Flag of Tajikistan

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Tajikistan.svg}}

|since 24 November 1992

|Flag of Tajikistan

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Rojava.svg}}

|since 2012

|Flag of Rojava

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Talysh-Mugan Autonomous Republic (the talysh national flag).jpg}}

|June - August 1993

|Flag of the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic

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Current

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Iran.svg}}

| since July 29, 1980

| Flag of Iran, also known as the Three Colour Flag

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File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg

|since November 24, 1992

|Flag of Tajikistan

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{{ListFlag|Flag_of_the_Taliban.svg}}

| since August 15, 2021

| Flag of Afghanistan

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{{ListFlag|Flag of Kurdistan.svg}}

| since 1927

| Flag of Kurdistan geo-cultural region, also known as The Colorful Flag

|this flag also is being used for Kurdistan region in Iraq, an autonomous region in federal state of Iraq

{{ListFlag| Flag of South Ossetia.svg}}

| since 26 November 1990

| Flag of South Ossetia

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{{ListFlag| Flag of North Ossetia.svg}}

| since 26 November 1990

| Flag of North Ossetia

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See also

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References

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Category:Flags of Iran