The social media platform redesigned the emoji to a version of the flag popular with opposition groups as anti-government ...

Nationwide protests across Iran, driven by economic distress and intensified by internet shutdowns, have seen the banned pre-revolution Lion and Sun flag re-emerge as a powerful symbol of resistance.

The lion and sun flag was the official flag of Iran before the overthrowing of the Shah in 1979.

Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) has replaced Iran’s official flag emoji with the pre-revolution Lion-and-Sun emblem, users noticed on Friday, amid the ongoing anti-government protests in the country.

The move has stirred debate among social media users, with some questioning whether an ’independent’ platform should be ...

As protests fuelled by economic crisis spread across Iran, social media platform X replaced the country’s official flag emoji with the historic Lion-and-Sun emblem.

X will replace Iran’s flag emoji with the pre-1979 lion-and-sun symbol, a politically charged move announced as internet restrictions persist in Iran.

British cops say 2 arrested for aggravated trespassing as hundreds rally in UK capital, call for a 'free Iran' The post ...

Iran state media has called for the US to be kicked out of the 2022 World Cup after the United States Soccer Federation changed Iran's flag on its social media platforms to show support for protesters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with a former flag, flown before 1979, ...

A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with a former flag, flown before 1979, during a demonstration Saturday, witnesses told AFP. A video posted ...