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The national flag of Iran, also known as the Tricolour Flag of Iran (Persian: پرچم سه‌رنگ ایران), is a tricolour featuring the Pan-Iranian colours comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national emblem (Allah) in red centred on the white band and the takbir written 11 times each in the Kufic script in white, at the bottom of the green and the top of the red band. Originally adopted on 7 October 1907 with the lion and sun emblem in the center, the current flag was adopted on 29 July 1980[not verified in body] following the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Many Iranian exiles opposed to the Iranian government use the Iranian monarchy tricolour flag with the Lion and Sun at the centre, or the tricolour without additional emblems. This is, however, not the official flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.