Iranian Empire (Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1964)

Keshvare Shahanshahiye Iran

Last modified: 2002-11-16 by ivan sache
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by Zeljko Heimer

• National flag and civil ensign
• State flag
• Naval ensign
• Jack
• Masthead pennant

See also:

• Iran
• Iranian Empire (Pahlavi dynasty)
  • Imperial standards
  • Minister and Diplomats flags
  • Naval rank flags
  • Generals' flags
  • Service flags
• Iranian Empire (Qajar dynasty, 1905-1925)
• Iranian Empire (Pahlavi dynasty, 1964-1979)

National flag and civil ensign

The national flag and civil ensign is shown on Flaggenbuch [neu92] as an horizontal triband green-white-red with proportion 1:3. The proportion of the 1951 National Geographic [geo51] illustration is slightly less than 1:3 (about 4:11) but Pedersen [ped71] says that the 1:3 ratio and brighter shades were fixed in 1933.

Zeljko Heimer, 13 April 1997

According to Smith [smi75c], the basic tricolor dates from the Constitution of 14 August 1905, with artistic alterations in 1912, 1933, and ca. 1964. The national flag, the war ensign and the service flag are shown by Smith in 1975 with proportion 4:7. From the chronology, this change most probably occurred ca. 1964.

Ivan Sache, 16 October 1999

State flag

by Zeljko Heimer

National flag with golden lion and sun in the middle.

Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

Zeljko Heimer, 14 November 2001

Naval ensign

by Zeljko Heimer

National flag with golden emblem in the middle - lion and sun within wreath and topped with crown.

Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

Zeljko Heimer, 14 November 2001

The best-known symbol of Iran in recent centuries, h