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Adoption of the red crescent by the Islamic Republic of Iran
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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On 4 July 1980 the Islamic Republic of Iran informed the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies of its decision to adopt the red crescent instead of the red lion and sun as the distinctive sign of its armed forces' medical service. As a result, the Iranian National Society has changed its name and emblem. It is henceforth the “Iranian Red Crescent Society”.
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- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Information
- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 20 , Issue 219 , December 1980 , pp. 316 - 317
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1980
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