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

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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)

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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Other versions

Construction sheet for the Lion and Sun flag
Lion and Sun emblem used in this flag
Twemoji style emoji flag

Variants of this flag

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

Flag in different aspect ratios

2:3 ratio
(needs updating)
3:5 ratio
1:2 ratio
1:1 ratio
1:1 ratio; 1:1.333:1 bands
Circular flag
Circular flag; 1:1.333:1 bands

SVG development

The SVG code is valid.

This flag was created with a text editor.

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`

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:00, 15 April 2026	1,050 × 600 (31 KB)	ConflictFan	Restructure SVG code to save file space, aligning it with the Iran Flag Project standardisation
	18:33, 16 March 2026	1,050 × 600 (40 KB)	ConflictFan	Another non-visible change: changed the stroke width from 1.747 to 1.75, changed the size of the frame from 1050.01600.01 to 1050600
	21:55, 25 February 2026	512 × 293 (40 KB)	ConflictFan	No visible changes, but organised and named layers/folders in the SVG code
	21:08, 25 February 2026	512 × 293 (34 KB)	HistoryKnowledge1925	Reverted to version as of 12:36, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
	20:40, 25 February 2026	512 × 293 (42 KB)	HistoryKnowledge1925	Reverted to version as of 12:27, 24 February 2026 (UTC) Why change in the first place?
	12:36, 25 February 2026	512 × 293 (34 KB)	ConflictFan	Reverted to version as of 22:22, 18 February 2026 (UTC). The emblem design does not even appear to have been created entirely by Sodacan; see File:National Emblem of Iran (1979–1980).svg (May 2012). As for the colour, historically the Lion and Sun flag used darker shades for the bands; the original upload of this file mistakenly used the lighter colours appropriated by the Islamic Republic. Although I could have changed the colours to reflect this, I instead uploaded a [[:File:Lion and S...
	12:27, 24 February 2026	512 × 293 (42 KB)	Redenertube	Reverted to version as of 11:02, 20 February 2026 (UTC) The outline of Sodacan’s design should not add or remove any art. Also, the shade of red is incorrect, it should be the same as the other Iranian green, white, and red tricolor flags like the former civil flag and the current flag.
	12:11, 20 February 2026	512 × 293 (34 KB)	ConflictFan	Reverted to version as of 22:22, 18 February 2026 (UTC) — My rework is not a complete redesign to the flag; I have tried to be as faithful to the original as possible while aligning the flag to a standardised reference.
	11:02, 20 February 2026	512 × 293 (42 KB)	The Squirrel Conspiracy	Reverted to version as of 19:42, 8 February 2026 (UTC): Last version not edited by ConflictFan. As best I can tell from their Commons uploads, they are trying to redesign the flag unilaterally.
	22:22, 18 February 2026	512 × 293 (34 KB)	ConflictFan	Minor adjustments to align with the standardised construction sheet