🇮🇷 flag: Iran Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Iran Emoji 🇮🇷 Mean?

Stacked green, white, and red bear the red emblem of Iran — a stylized 'Allah' shaped like a tulip — in the center white band, with 'Allahu Akbar' written 22 times in white Kufic script along the borders. Green represents Islam and growth, white peace, and red martyrdom and bravery. Adopted in 1980 after the Islamic Revolution, the design replaced the older lion-and-sun banner of the Pahlavi monarchy.

The 22 repetitions reference the 22nd of Bahman in the Iranian calendar, the day of the revolution's victory. The emoji shows up during Nowruz (Persian New Year, March 20-21), World Cup matches, and Persian-culture posts. Travelers tag it with Isfahan's Naqsh-e Jahan Square and Persepolis ruins (though tourism is sensitive).

Coded in Unicode 6.0 from IR, it pairs with kebab, saffron, and Persian-rug emojis. The Iranian diaspora across the US (Los Angeles' Tehrangeles), Canada, and Europe uses it, sometimes alongside the older pre-revolution lion-and-sun flag. The flag's 22 Takbir inscriptions reportedly took weeks to design and approve in 1980, given the calligraphic precision required.

Persian poets Rumi, Hafez, and Ferdowsi often appear in heritage posts that feature both modern and pre-revolutionary Iranian flags.