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image located by Esteban Rivera,
15 September 2012See also:
Desktop flag in blue colors.
Picture taken on 1389-11-23 (Persian calendar)
Esteban Rivera,
15 September 2012
image located by Esteban Rivera,
3 March 2022
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established on October 15, 1821 and
adopted its current form on April 1, 1979.
The logo is a mix between the
Coat of Arms, "نشان رسمی ایران" (English: The official Emblem of Iran), as it
is officially
called, and "ربع الحزب", romanized as Rub-el-Hizb, also known
as also known as the Islamic Star. In Arabic, Rubʻ means "one-fourth" or
"quarter," while Hizb translates to "a group." Initially, it was used in the
Quran, which is divided into 60 Hizbs (groups of roughly equal length); Rub el
Hizb further divides each Hizb in four. A Hizb is one
half of a juz'. The
main purpose of this dividing system is to facilitate the recitation of the
Quran
Sources:
https://mfa.gov.ir/portal/viewpage/13703 and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub_el_Hizb
The Emblem was designed
by Hamid Nadimi, an architect and graphic designer, and was officially approved
by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on May 9, 1980 and officially adopted by the
Government on July 29, 1980. He is also the designer of the current Iranian
flag.
Source:
https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki
The flag is a white horizontal
background with the logo in the middle and the inscription in Persian below.
Logo:
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image located by Esteban Rivera,
3 March 2022
Sources:
https://mfa.gov.ir/files/mfa/newMfa/logoMfa.png
from: https://mfa.gov.ir
https://cdn1.iranpress.com//uploads/image/2/original/2021/10/24/crop637707071543988643.jpg
from
https://iranpress.com/content/49193/nuclear-talks-with-p41-resume-soon-iranian
For additional information go to MFA (official website):
http://www.mfa.gov.ir/
Esteban
Rivera, 3 March 2022
image
located by William Garrison, 30 January 2026
Source:
https://www.camera.org
As this flag was shown in a photo near Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, October 26, 2024, it may be a new variation. (credit: Khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
William Garrison, 30 January 2026
As Bill correctly pointed out, this is the official portrait of the current
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran since (at least)
2024.
The picture is seen here even in 2026 as this article depicts:
https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/iran-us-talks-framework (image direct link).
The previous logo and
flag seemed to have
been a commemorative and/or temporary symbols which were unveiled on the eve of
the establishment of its 200th anniversary (the establishment was in 1821 and
the logo and flag were unveiled in 2020). In the Persian calendar, it was
established in 1200 first as Foreign Affairs Organization.
For additional information go to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official
website): https://mfa.gov.ir/
Esteban
Rivera, 3 February 2026
.jpg)
image located by Esteban Rivera,
3 February 2026
Logo in black with the inscription "جمهوری اسلامی ایران وزارت امور خارجه" (English: Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs) below) (copied image from source: https://es.linkedin.com/company/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-iran
The logo is (originally in Persian) (the) "interaction with the East and
West: In addition to expressing interaction with the East and West, the emblem
also expresses the priority of communication with neighbors. The curvature of
its sides also evokes the entire world and is reminiscent of the emblem of the
Islamic Republic of Iran.
Source:
https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2020/09/24/3/157635775.jpg
Esteban Rivera,
3 February 2026
