Coat of arms of Iran
The Emblem of Iran was made after the Islamic Revolution in that country, in 1979. After the revolution, Iran decided to use a new flag. The old flag had a picture of a golden lion and a sabre, that was a symbol for the Shah (king) of Iran. This emblem is a symbol for the whole country and the Islamic character of the new government. It is drawn to look like a version of the word الله which means "God" in the Arabic language, which is not the official language in Iran. It looks like a tulip, which is an old symbol for Iran.
Coat Of Arms Of Iran Media
Standard of Cyrus the Great and a reconstruction of the Achaemenid "falcon standard"
Standard of Sassanid Empire
The Faravahar or Frawahr is one of the symbols of Zoroastrianism, also symbol of Median Empire.
Simplified Lion and Sun emblem of Iran before 1973
This photo shows one of the Iranian coats of arms during reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was a short-lived symbol.
Official design of the Lion and Sun emblem of Iran between 1973 and 1979. On official publications, this emblem would be topped with a rendition of the Pahlavi Crown.
Reverse of a 1925 1000 Iranian rial banknote depicting Reza Shah's birthplace of Alasht, Mazandaran, with Mount Damavand and a rising sun behind it
Parts of the emblem can be interpreted as parts of the Shahada
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