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To: T.B. Yoits

Stupid.

No, TB, a “pre-revolutionary Iran flag” is not a CIA and MI6 flag.

The Lion and Sun motif began appearing in Persia around the 12th–13th centuries. The Lion and Sun emblem started appearing on Persian state flags during the Safavid dynasty in the 1500s–1600s. By the Qajar dynasty (1789–1925), the Lion and Sun flag had become the recognized national flag of Persia/Iran. The standardized Pahlavi-era version was used from the 1920s until 1979.

To say otherwise is both cynical and ignorant.


9 posted on 05/19/2026 4:29:30 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Theo
Stupid. No, TB, a “pre-revolutionary Iran flag” is not a CIA and MI6 flag... To say otherwise is both cynical and ignorant.

Stupid? Wow. You're either ignorant or deceptive.

It doesn't matter what they show you on the flag. In 1953, under Operation Ajax, the CIA and MI6 staged a coup in Iran and overthrough Mosaddegh who wanted to nationalize Iranian oil. See Post 11.

So YES, regardless of what they show you on the flag, it should have a large "CIA" and "MI6" emblazoned across it because it was their government starting in 1953 until 1979.

https://explaininghistory.org/2025/08/28/the-1953-coup-oil-mosaddegh-and-the-roots-of-iranian-resentment/

12 posted on 05/19/2026 5:24:18 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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