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In a regulation dated 8 September 1910, the details of the Lion and Sun emblem—including the manner of drawing the lion’s tail (in the form of an italic S), and the position and size of the lion, sword, and sun—were specified.^[1][2]

At the end of the article “The Lion and Sun: The Official Emblem of the Government of Iran” by Ebrahim Mokalla, various images of Lion and Sun motifs have been collected. According to the accompanying notes, one of these images appears to belong to the “Instructions for the Flags of the Sublime State” (Dastur al-‘Amal-e Beyraqhā-ye Dowlat-e ‘Aliyyeh), which was prepared to standardize the form of Iran’s flag at the time. The date of this regulation is unknown. According to these instructions, the arrangement of the three colors of the flag was the same as its present configuration; the Lion and Sun were drawn large enough to extend across all three green, white, and red bands; nothing was depicted beneath the lion’s feet; the lion was painted in three-quarter profile; and an oblique human face was drawn within the sun.^[3]

In a regulation dated 7 January 1957, the characteristics of the Iranian flag were described as follows:^[4] “The Lion and Sun motif, in golden yellow, is placed in the center of the flag on the white section and is drawn in such a way that the lion’s head faces toward the flagpole, the sword is held vertically in the lion’s hand, and the lion’s feet are directed toward the red band. On one side of the flag, where the lion’s head faces to the viewer’s left, the sword is in the lion’s right hand, the lion’s gaze is inclined to the left, and the lion’s tail is shaped like an italic S with a curve upward. On the other side of the flag, the reverse applies; that is, the sword is in the lion’s left hand, the lion’s gaze is inclined to the right, and the lion’s tail is the mirror image of an italic S. The Lion and Sun on both sides of the flag must correspond exactly. Beneath the lion’s feet, extending from the line of the sword to the point where an imaginary perpendicular line descending from the tip of the lion’s tail would intersect, a straight line proportional to the dimensions of the image is drawn.”

In another regulation dated 14 February 1959, the Lion and Sun were placed upon a folded ribbon instead of a horizontal line. According to Yahya Zoka, in 1965 (1344 SH), a commission was formed at the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran to establish official standards for the Iranian flag. In this standard, the lion’s support was once again described as a line rather than a folded ribbon.^[5]

Modernist stylized design of the 1970s

In the 1970s—the final period of constitutional monarchy in Iran—a modernist stylized design was used in official documents, postage stamps^[6], birth certificate (civil registry)^[7], the Prime Minister’s aircraft^[8], the entrance of the Prime Minister’s palace^[9], and the national flag of Iran ^[10][11][12].

This design continued in use into the early period of the Islamic Republic. On 30 January 1980, with the introduction of the first emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Lion and Sun were officially abandoned.^[13] Visual evidence of this design is presented below.

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  Front pages of the official newspaper of the Imperial State of Iran dated 5 March 1972 and 23 September 1972, showing the transition from the older Lion and Sun emblem to a modernist stylised graphic version in the masthead.
  
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  Stylized Lion and Sun emblem on the cover of Sardaran-e Nami-ye Iran, published by Imperial Iranian Armed Forces General Staff, July/August 1972
  
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  Imperial State of Iran Passport
  
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  Iranian postage stamp depicting the stylized Lion and Sun emblem, issued by the Iranian Post on 25 February 1974.
  
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  Official document letterhead
  
• Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar's interview on 28 January 1979
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  Sadegh Tabatabaei at a press conference with the media regarding the referendum in February or March 1979 (very shortly after the victory of the 1979 Revolution)

1. [1]

   Yearbook of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran). Tehran: Faroos, 1913 (1332 LH).
2. [2]

   Najmabadi, Afsaneh. Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005, pp. 68–88. Chapter II.
3. [3]

   Mokalla, Ebrahim. “The Lion and Sun: The Official Emblem of the Government of Iran.” Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran), no. 12, 1965 (1344 SH), pp. 106–170. Available at Noormags (subscription required). Accessed 8 January 2020.
4. [4]

   “Regulation No. 83072: Approval Decree Concerning the Flag of Iran.” National Portal of Laws and Regulations of Iran. Tehran: Vice Presidency for Legal Affairs (Iran); Deputy for Codification, Consolidation, and Publication of Laws and Regulations, 1957 (1336 SH). Archived 18 June 2018. Accessed 18 June 2018. (In Persian).
5. [5]

   Zoka, Yahya. “History of Changes and Transformations in the Flag and Emblem of the Government of Iran from the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century AH to the Present (6).” Honar va Mardom, vol. 4, no. 38 (November-December 1965 / Azar 1344 SH), pp. 21–30. Tehran: Ministry of Culture and Arts (Iran). (In Persian).
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   "50-rial stamp from the First Government Series (Pahlavi period; issue date: 6 Esfand 1352/25 February 1974, Malek Museum)". Malek Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
7. [7]

   "Changing the royal birth certificate". Westwood. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
8. [8]

   Manoto (Persian television network) (January 5, 2021). "Time tunnel" (video). youtube.com (in Persian). Manoto.
9. [9]

   Manoto (Persian television network) (April 30, 2022). "Iran Revolution, S1, EP05" (video). youtube.com (in Persian). Manoto.
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    Manoto (Persian television network) (April 30, 2022). "Iran Revolution, S1, EP02" (video). youtube.com (in Persian). Manoto.
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    Manoto (Persian television network) (April 30, 2022). "Iran Revolution, S1, EP03" (video). youtube.com (in Persian). Manoto.
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    Manoto (Persian television network) (April 30, 2022). "Iran Revolution, S1, EP04" (video). youtube.com (in Persian). Manoto.
13. [13]

    “Emblem of the Islamic Republic Approved by the Revolutionary Council.” Bamdad (newspaper), p. 3, 30 January 1980 (10 Bahman 1358 SH). Available via Fars News Agency. Archived 14 April 2019. (In Persian).