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Did X Quietly Change Iran Flag's Icon to Lion-and-Sun Symbol Amid Protests? Why It is Significant

Amid rising anti-government protests in Iran, social media platform X (formerly ) has reportedly made a symbolic but politically loaded change: replacing the Islamic Republic’s official flag emblem with the pre-revolutionary Lion-and-Sun symbol. Elon Musk’s social networking site X appears to have changed Iran’s flag emoji to a pre-revolution version, according to multiple media reports. Several users were seen using the pre-revolution version of the Iranian flag as they thanked Elon Musk and X for the change. Furthermore, accounts belonging to Iranian officials and linked to the state also displayed the pre-revolutionary flag.

Did X Quietly Change Iran Flag's Icon to Lion-and-Sun Symbol Amid Protests? Why It is Significant

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Key Highlights

  • At the time of writing of the report, the state-linked accounts, including the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had removed the flag from his account, the reports said.
  • This comes amid repeated demands from the protestors to change the flag icon.
  • Earlier, X’s head of product Nikita Bier, had announced he was working on the change on Thursday night in response to a user’s request.
  • The update appears to be live on Friday evening, reported CNN.
  • Read More - Which Is Iran's Real Flag?
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