Lion and Sun flag
The true flag of Iran!
The one and only Iranian Lion and Sun flag
There are endless ways to express the love for the one and only Iranian
lion and Sun flag. Here comes the story of Iranian Lion and Sun flag,
written by Saman Taherpour. The Iranian lion and the sun flag, with more
than 3000 years of history, is a symbol of
Iran´s unity, and her glorious past. The oldest known
confirmation of the flag is found on an inscription dated back to the
kingdom of Xerxes for 2400 years ago. This inscription, today kept in
the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, shows how the
Shah pays his respects to a lion which bear a woman, imbedded in rays of
lights, on its back.
The fact that the Shah pays respect to the lion and the women on its
back shows that this symbol is not a representation of the monarchy,
since no Shah shows this kind of respect to an object he himself and
Shah´s before him, has created...
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Coded by Padideh Tayebizadeh