A senior Iranian official has claimed the Islamic republic owns the Lion and Sun emblem, a traditional symbol used by ...
Images of the fierce animal are so commonplace in art as to be overlooked. Alastair Sooke explores the meaning of this enduring icon. Anyone who has visited Trafalgar Square in London will know that ...
On the 11th, a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran was held in front of the Iranian Embassy in London, UK. A man climbed the flagpole of the embassy building, pulled down the Iranian ...
The Lion symbol had been used to denote Ceylon Tea for a number of years until, in 1978, it was registered in the UK as a symbol belonging to the Sri Lanka Tea Board. It had also been registered in a ...