File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg

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Upload date 2026-04-15T13:00:23Z
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Summary

Description

Standardised modern design for the Lion and Sun flag of Iran, as outlined by Iran Flag Project.

Construction specifications can be found here: File:Lion and Sun flag (construction sheet).svg
Date 2 October 2007 (original upload date)
18 November 2012 (current design)
17 February 2026 (standardisation)
Source

Own work

https://iranflag.org/iranian-flag-specification/
Author
Original:
Unknown
 
Vector:
Trajan 117 (original emblem vectorisation), Sodacan (added new emblem to this file), Pouya, Jooja, and ConflictFan (current version and standardisation)


See https://iranflag.org/modern-iranian-flag-history/ for more information
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work is now in the public domain in Iran, because according to the Law for the Protection of Authors, Composers and Artists Rights (1970) its term of copyright has expired for one of the following reasons:
  • The creator(s) died before 22 August 1980, for works that their copyright expired before 22 August 2010 according to the 1970 law.
  • The creator(s) died more than 50 years ago. (Reformation of article 12 - 22 August 2010)

In the following cases works fall into the public domain after 30 years from the date of publication or public presentation (Article 16):

  • Photographic or cinematographic works.
  • In cases where the work belongs to a legal person or rights are transferred to a legal person.

The media description page should identify which reason applies.

For more information please see: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Iran.

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Iran
Other versions
  • Construction sheet for the Lion and Sun flag
    Construction sheet for the Lion and Sun flag
  • Lion and Sun emblem used in this flag
    Lion and Sun emblem used in this flag
  • Twemoji style emoji flag
    Twemoji style emoji flag

Variants of this flag

  • Flag with darker colours; closer to the original flags used before 1979
    Flag with darker colours; closer to the original flags used before 1979
  • Modern reconstruction using proportions seen in the 1973 Persian Empire celebration
    Modern reconstruction using proportions seen in the 1973 Persian Empire celebration

Flag in different aspect ratios

  • 2:3 ratio (needs updating)
    2:3 ratio
    (needs updating)
  • 3:5 ratio
    3:5 ratio
  • 1:2 ratio
    1:2 ratio
  • 1:1 ratio
    1:1 ratio
  • 1:1 ratio; 1:1.333:1 bands
    1:1 ratio; 1:1.333:1 bands
  • Circular flag
    Circular flag
  • Circular flag; 1:1.333:1 bands
    Circular flag; 1:1.333:1 bands
SVG development
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Colours

English: Overview of colours used in this file
Green Gold Red White Black
Pantone 7739 C 1235 C 485 C White Black
Hexadecimal #319B42 #FFB81C #DA291C #FFFFFF #000000
RGB 49/155/66 255/184/28 218/41/28 255/255/255 0/0/0
CMYK 68/0/57/39 0/28/89/0 0/81/87/15 0/0/0/0 0/0/0/100

Captions

A horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red with the Lion and Sun centred on the white band.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

flag of Iran

Lion and Sun

media type

image/svg+xml