Flag of Iran

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion in law is 4:7.

How to recognise it

Green, white and red horizontal bands with a red emblem in the centre and white script repeated along the edges of the green and red.

Name in the quiz: Iran
UN member state name: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
ISO 3166-1 code: IR
Atlas Play pack: Central and South Asia (explorer pack)

Practise the Central and South Asia pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iran (revision 1380958901) (A horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red with the Islamic emblem in red centred on the white band and the Arabic Takbir written in white Kufic script, repeated along the edges of the green and red band; proportion 4:7). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ir.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 fc6fe820a0f2…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.