Why Iran’s flag is at the center of controversy at the World Cup. In 1980, the newly installed Islamic Republic replaced the Lion and Sun on the country’s tricolor flag with a tulip-shaped ...

Though it might seem like a simple case of divided loyalties — two sides, two flags — the reality is more nuanced.

The revolutionaries in Iran know the historic symbolism of a flag with a hole - and their own historic symbolism of a Lion and Sun. Op-ed.

The ceremony of Majidreza Rahnavard in Iran ... who implores us to “create a powerful tool for national solidarity” and to raise the Lion and Sun flag—a flag that does not merely flutter ...

Others at matches have waved Iran's lion and sun flag, an emblem of its former ruler, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. More security forces could be seen at Iran's last match against Wales.

Others at matches have waved Iran’s lion and sun flag, an emblem of its former ruler, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. More security forces could be seen at Iran’s last match against Wales.

Others at matches have waved Iran’s lion and sun flag, an emblem of its former ruler, the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. More security forces could be seen at Iran’s last match against Wales.