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Asia

Iran

Ratio: 4:7 Adopted: July 29, 1980 Usage: National and Civil

The four crescents
symbolize the
The sword
growth of the represents strength
Muslim faith
and fortitude
Kufic script from
the Qur’an

The globe shape stands for the power
of the world’s downtrodden people

Asia
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4U R R R K K K MENI Iran was a monarchy until 1979, when the
)RAQ )2!. !FGHANISTANSTA! Ayatollah Khomeini deposed the Shah. An Islamic
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!RABIA republic was formed in 1980.
The traditional green, white, and red A REVOLUTIONARY EMBLEM
of the Iranian flag date back to the The emblem in the center of the flag
18th century, although there is no is a highly stylized composite
agreed explanation of the colors. The of various elements representing
colors were arranged in horizontal different facets of Islamic life:
stripes in 1906. In 1980 a new flag Allah, the Book, the Sword, the five
was introduced with the addition of principles of Islam, balance, unity,
emblems expressive of the Islamic neutrality, and the universal
Revolution. government of the downtrodden.

THE KUFIC SCRIPT
(STYLIZED VERSION) A stylized version of Kufic
script, used for the Qur’an

Along the edges of the The script, repeated
green and red stripes
22 times, is the date
appears the phrase in the Islamic calendar
“Allahu Akbar”
on which Ayatollah
(“God is Great”)
Khomeini returned
from exile in 1979

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