The Asiatic lion and the Lion and Sun
شیر ایرانیIran's lions disappeared in the 1940s, but for centuries a lion holding a sword beneath a rising sun stood for the Iranian state.
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The story
Persiahaus Studio drew asiatic lion in profile with a dark mane, standing before a rising saffron sun with a raised sword, after the Lion and Sun emblem, on pomegranate red.
Iran's lions disappeared in the 1940s, but for centuries a lion holding a sword beneath a rising sun stood for the Iranian state. The full story is told in Animals of Persia.