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Flag of Iran

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Flag of Iran

The national flag of Iran, also known as the Tricolour Flag of Iran (Persian: پرچم سه‌رنگ ایران), is a tricolour featuring the Pan-Iranian colours comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national emblem (Allah) in red centred on the white band and the takbir written 11 times each in the Kufic script in white, at the bottom of the green and the top of the red band. Originally adopted on 7 October 1907 with the lion and sun emblem in the center, the current flag was adopted on 29 July 1980 following the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Many Iranian exiles opposed to the Iranian government use the Iranian monarchy tricolour flag with the Lion and Sun at the centre, or the tricolour without additional emblems. This is, however, not the official flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Infobox

Use
National flag and ensign
Proportion
4:7 (de jure) (see below)
Adopted
7 October 1907; 118 years ago (1907-10-07) (original version)29 July 1980; 45 years ago (1980-07-29) (current version)
Design
A horizontal tricolour 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 reminiscent of 22 Bahman.
Designed by
Hamid Nadimi

Tables

· Flag description › Colour symbolism › Colour scheme
RGB
RGB
Col 1
RGB
Green
35/159/64
White
255/255/255
Red
218/0/0
Hexadecimal
Hexadecimal
Col 1
Hexadecimal
Green
#239f40
White
#FFFFFF
Red
#da0000
CMYK
CMYK
Col 1
CMYK
Green
78/0/60/38
White
0/0/0/0
Red
0/100/100/15
Green
White
Red
RGB
35/159/64
255/255/255
218/0/0
Hexadecimal
CMYK
78/0/60/38
0/0/0/0
0/100/100/15

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