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Flag of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic
It has been quite a while since I posted a flag here, so I wanted to change that.
In the aftermath of WWI, Persia was entirely in dissaray. The Qajar Dynasty, under Ahmad Shah, was completely inneffective in controlling the country, and as a result many revolts broke out--in Baluchistan, the clans rose up against attempts to assert imperial authority; In Khuzestan (Southwest Iran), an Arabized revolt made significant headway; and, in Gilan, a Communist revolt that had broken out at the beginning of WWI managed to take control of the province. They called themselves the
Persian Socialist Soviet Republic.
None of the revolts lasted for all that long long, due to the efforts of a singularly talented military leader--Reza Khan (later to be known as Reza Shah after he removed Ahmad Shah from power in 1925). However, despite the short life of the state (1921-1921), I found the
flag for the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic quite interesting, and thus, I wanted to redesign it.
The
Lion and Sun is a classic and undying symbol of Iran, and normally is heavily detailed. However, I wanted to keep the PSSR's minimalist design as much as possible (and keep with the color scheme), so the Lion is black, and the sun pale yellow for contrast reasons. The Lion carries a hammer and sickle in it's right paw. The pedastal upon which the lion stands is stylized Persian/Farsi for "Iran."