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  2. National symbols of Iran - Wikipedia

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    After a naming dispute began to intensify, Iran named Ordibehesht 10th the 'Persian Gulf National Day' in 2004. Official symbols. Flag Emblem. Derafsh Kaviani; Lion ...

  3. List of national flags by design - Wikipedia

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    The following flags have a distinctive aspect ratio: Belgium: Aspect ratio of 13:15. El Salvador: Aspect ratio of 189:335. Monaco: Aspect ratio of 4:5. Nepal: The only national flag that is not rectangular, being made with 5 sides, and the only one that is higher than wide. Bordering aspect ratio of ~ 6:5.

  4. List of Iranian flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag Date Use Description 1980–present: Iran State flag and National flag: A horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with the national emblem in red centred on the white band and the Takbir written in the Kufic script in white, repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band, for a total of 22 times on the fringe of the bands.

  5. List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - Wikipedia

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    Australian Red Cross. 28 June 1941. [10] Austrian Red Cross. German: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz. 14 March 1880. [11] Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society. Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Qızıl Aypara Cəmiyyət.

  6. Cloisters Cross - Wikipedia

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    The Cloisters Cross (also known as the Bury St Edmunds Cross ), is a complex 12th-century ivory Romanesque altar cross or processional cross. It is named after The Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which acquired it in 1963. The cross is usually said to have been carved in England between 1150 and 1160, although ...

  7. Iran at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956. Iran has participated in 19 Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before that 1979 Revolution, also Iran participated in 10 Summer Olympics and it won 23 gold medals after the revolution. [1] [2]

  8. Iron Cross - Wikipedia

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    Iron Cross. The Iron Cross (German: Eisernes Kreuz, listen ⓘ, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The design, a black cross pattée with a white or silver outline, was derived from the insignia of the medieval Teutonic Order and borne ...

  9. History of Iran - Wikipedia

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    History of Iran. The history of Iran (or Persia, as it was commonly known in the Western world) is intertwined with that of Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning the area between Anatolia in the west and the Indus River and Syr Darya in the east, and between the Caucasus and Eurasian Steppe in the north and the Persian Gulf and the Gulf ...