Red Lion and Sun

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humanitarian emblem national emblem protective emblem

The Red Lion and Sun is a historic Iranian protective emblem, formerly used as an alternative to the Red Cross and Red Crescent in armed conflicts.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lion and Sun emblem of Iran 1
Red Lion and Sun emblem 1
Red Lion and Sun emblem (historical) 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf humanitarian emblem ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ
protective emblem ⓘ
alternativeTo red crescent ⓘ
surface form: Red Crescent

National Red Cross Societies ⓘ
surface form: Red Cross
associatedWith Imperial symbols of Iran ⓘ
Red Lion and Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lion and Sun emblem of Iran
basedOn traditional Lion and Sun motif ⓘ
category International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ
surface form: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement emblems

Iranian national symbols ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Iran ⓘ
hasBackgroundColor white ⓘ
hasColor red ⓘ
hasFunction indicate neutrality ⓘ
protect medical services in armed conflicts ⓘ
protect wounded and sick in war ⓘ
hasSymbol red lion ⓘ
red sun ⓘ
legalStatus protected emblem under international law ⓘ
protectionType penal protection against misuse ⓘ
recognizedAs distinctive emblem under the Geneva Conventions ⓘ
recognizedBy Geneva Conventions ⓘ
International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ
replacedBy red crescent ⓘ
surface form: Red Crescent
status no longer in active use by Iran ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 20th century ⓘ
usedAs protective sign on medical personnel ⓘ
protective sign on medical transports ⓘ
protective sign on medical units ⓘ
usedBy Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
usedInContext armed conflict ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

red cross → alternativeEmblems → Red Lion and Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Red Cross emblem
this entity surface form: Red Lion and Sun emblem (historical)
Red Crystal emblem → alternativeTo → Red Lion and Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Lion and Sun emblem
Red Lion and Sun → associatedWith → Red Lion and Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lion and Sun emblem of Iran