The Imperial Iranian Flag

I didn't see that any of the news agencies caught it but there was a demonstration in California this week, at the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, in which the demonstrators were waving Iranian flags. But if we take a close look the flags were not the present flag of Iran. The flags had the lion, the sword and, the sun. 

This was the Imperial Flag, of the Shah's monarchy that was overthrown by the present government in the revolution of 1979. The flag was changed after the revolution, with these symbols removed.

The turning point of the Iranian Revolution is considered to be "Black Friday", September 8, 1978, when the Shah's forces opened fire on demonstrators, killing dozens. That is what turned demonstrations for reform into a full-fledged revolution. After that there was no possibility of compromise, the revolution would either fail or it would succeed.

I have an autographed portrait of Empress Farah, the widow of the Shah and last empress of Iran, on my wall here.

Here is a link to "Remembering The Pahlavi Dynasty":

www.markmeeksideas.blogspot.com/2017/10/remembering-pahlavi-dynasty.html?m=0