Elon Musk’s X has replaced Iran’s official flag emoji with the pre-revolution Lion-and-Sun emblem, users noticed on Friday, amid the ongoing anti-government protests in the country. The update replaces the red emblem introduced after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution with the Lion-and-Sun symbol that appeared on Iranian flags for centuries under the monarchy.
Not many know that the now-replaced symbol, made up of four crescents and a central vertical line, is a stylized calligraphic rendering of the Arabic word “Allah”, which means God. Apart from the symbol, the national flag of the Islamic Republic also features white writing on the inner edges of the green and red bands, which reads “Allahu Akbar” (Our God is Greater).
This is happening in many Iranian cities these days. People no longer want a flag bearing the name of Allah; they want the Lion and Sun flag instead. Please note that this has nothing to do with religion. Traditionally, since 500 years ago Lion and Sun has been our national symbol.
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Az galsays
At the end of the middle paragraph within parentheses, it should say “Allah is greater”- correct translation.
Elon Musk is not the trend setter he is a smart guy he knows 80 million Iranians will overthrow the mullahs burn their houses and set up a secular system , Israel is the big player in helping this happen ! When the smoke clears a new dawn is going to break over the middle east . Israel in the drivers seat !
Why aren’t more Western countries and politicians offering more support to the Iranian people in their struggle against the Islamic regime which has kept Iran prisoner since 1979?
Iran could become the symbol of Western civilization fighting against the horrors of Islam fighting to take over Western civilization.
At the end of the middle paragraph within parentheses, it should say “Allah is greater”- correct translation.
You’re right. I changed it to “Our God is Greater (than yours)” which is what they actually mean.
Elon Musk is not the trend setter he is a smart guy he knows 80 million Iranians will overthrow the mullahs burn their houses and set up a secular system , Israel is the big player in helping this happen ! When the smoke clears a new dawn is going to break over the middle east . Israel in the drivers seat !
Why aren’t more Western countries and politicians offering more support to the Iranian people in their struggle against the Islamic regime which has kept Iran prisoner since 1979?
Iran could become the symbol of Western civilization fighting against the horrors of Islam fighting to take over Western civilization.