The social media platform redesigned the emoji to a version of the flag popular with opposition groups as anti-government protests sweep the country. Iran hasn’t changed its flag, but the emoji for it ...

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.

Dramatic scenes in London as protester reportedly scales Iran's embassy, tears down regime flag and replaces it with pre-1979 one.

The Islamic Republic’s Iranian flag has been scrubbed from Elon Musk’s social media platform X. The move comes as deadly protests demanding regime change in Tehran raged into a 14th day Saturday. Now, ...

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

The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has replaced the Iranian flag emoji on its site from the current Islamic Republic flag to the old Shah-era lion and sun flag, as the wave of ...

Sun” flag has recently re-emerged across Iran as a symbol of protest, as Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the country’s repressive regime.

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.

Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, responded to a user’s request to update the emoticon on Friday, with “Give me a few hours” before the update went into effect early on Saturday. Social media ...

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

The central feature of its response to the latest protests has been the Iranian regime’s internet blackout. It’s a portent of ...

Sam Asghari went all in for his roots -- storming the streets of Los Angeles to stand loud, proud, and unmissable in support ...