The Lion and Sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید, romanized: Šir-o Xoršid, pronounced [ˌʃiːɾo xoɾˈʃiːd]; Classical Persian: [ˌʃeːɾu xʷuɾˈʃeːd]) is one of the main...

The Red Lion and Sun Society (Persian: جمعیت شیر و خورشید سرخ ایران Jam-eiyat Šir o Xoršid Sorx Irân) of Iran was established in 1922 and admitted to...

The Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persian: نشان سلطنتی شیر و خورشید) was instituted by Fat’h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1808 to honour...

Iranian government use the Iranian monarchy tricolour flag with the Lion and Sun at the center, or the tricolour without additional emblems. The Iranian...

Persia (1907–1925) The Lion and Sun motif is one of the better known emblems of Kingdom of Persia, and between 1576[citation needed] and 1979 was an element...

by the Ottoman Empire in the 1870s, and the Red Lion and Sun, which had been used only in Iran between 1924 and 1980, were both formally recognized as...

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head;...

that the royal standard, made of silk, with a crouching lion shadowing part of the body of the sun inscribed on it, was carried on an elephant whenever the...

the Red Lion and Sun with the Red Crescent in 1980, consistent with two existing Red Cross and Red Crescent symbols. Although the Red Lion and Sun has now...

The Asiatic lion is a lion population of the subspecies Panthera leo leo. Until the 19th century, it occurred in Saudi Arabia, eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia...