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A red lion before a rising sun, a recognised but dormant Geneva emblem.
Iran used the red lion and sun as its protective emblem from 1924 until 1980, when it adopted the red crescent. The Conventions still recognise it and Iran reserved the right to resume it, so it remains a valid emblem that nobody currently displays.
Recognised as a protective emblem under the Geneva Conventions alongside the red cross and red crescent, and still recognised today.
Used by Iran from 1924 until 1980, when the country adopted the red crescent while expressly reserving the right to return to it. No national society displays it at present.
A lion in profile facing right, holding a curved sword, with a sun and its rays rising behind its back — red on a plain white ground.
Iran replaced this emblem with the red crescent in 1980, reserving the right to resume it.