Ancient Iran, also known as Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and culture predominated, but it more correctly refers to a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persia.
The discovery of oil in the early 20th century generated international interest in the nation, particularly Great Britain and Russia. A 1907 Anglo-Russian agreement divvied up Iran into spheres of influence though it was later annulled after the First World War.
The Independence Day of Iran is celebrated on 1, April every year to commemorate the day the country became a theocratic Islamic Republic state in the year 1979. Following the triumph of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, the country was officially renamed the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The flag of Iran consists of three equal sized horizontal stripes - the top stripe is green; the middle one is white, and the bottom stripe is red. On the edges of the white stripe, there are stylized writings. In the middle of the white stripe and at the flag's center is the country's coat of arms consisting of four crescents and a sword.
Flags, standards, and banners have always been important national and imperial symbols for Iranians, both in war and peace. The best-known symbol of Iran in recent centuries has been the Lion and Sun motif, which is a graphic expression of the astrological configuration of the sun in the sign of Leo, although both celestial and animal figures have long and independent histories in Iranian heraldry. Late in the nineteenth century, the Lion and Sun motif was combined with an earlier scimitar motif and superimposed on a tricolour of green, white, and red. With minor modifications, this remained the official flag until the revolution of 1979.
To the bottom of the green band and top of the red band, the takbir is written twenty-two times in the Kufic script. The takbir reads the phraseAllahu Akbar which translates into "God is greater than can be described." The number twenty-two is significant as it refers to the Islamic Revolution that occurred on the twenty-second day of the eleventh month of the Iranian calendar.
The discovery of oil in the early 20th century generated international interest in the nation, particularly Great Britain and Russia. A 1907 Anglo-Russian agreement divvied up Iran into spheres of influence though it was later annulled after the First World War.
The Independence Day of Iran is celebrated on 1, April every year to commemorate the day the country became a theocratic Islamic Republic state in the year 1979. Following the triumph of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, the country was officially renamed the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The flag of Iran consists of three equal sized horizontal stripes - the top stripe is green; the middle one is white, and the bottom stripe is red. On the edges of the white stripe, there are stylized writings. In the middle of the white stripe and at the flag's center is the country's coat of arms consisting of four crescents and a sword.
Flags, standards, and banners have always been important national and imperial symbols for Iranians, both in war and peace. The best-known symbol of Iran in recent centuries has been the Lion and Sun motif, which is a graphic expression of the astrological configuration of the sun in the sign of Leo, although both celestial and animal figures have long and independent histories in Iranian heraldry. Late in the nineteenth century, the Lion and Sun motif was combined with an earlier scimitar motif and superimposed on a tricolour of green, white, and red. With minor modifications, this remained the official flag until the revolution of 1979.
To the bottom of the green band and top of the red band, the takbir is written twenty-two times in the Kufic script. The takbir reads the phraseAllahu Akbar which translates into "God is greater than can be described." The number twenty-two is significant as it refers to the Islamic Revolution that occurred on the twenty-second day of the eleventh month of the Iranian calendar.
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