"Iran's tricolor flag features green, white, and red horizontal stripes, with the country's national emblem displayed in its center white stripe. But some opposition groups use a historical flag that instead shows a golden lion holding a sword in front of a sun. Since ongoing anti-government demonstrations erupted in Iran in December, that lion-and-sun version of the flag has been used as a symbol of protest around the world."
"After an X user asked the site's head of product, Nikita Bier, to update the flag last Thursday, Bier responded, "Give me a few hours." The updated emoji appeared first on the web browser version of the site before rolling out to iOS devices. Other emoji vendors like Google and Facebook still use the standard emoji of Iran's national flag, so the lion-and-sun flag isn't available on most platforms."
X updated its Iran emoji to a historical lion-and-sun flag on the web and iOS after a user request; Nikita Bier replied, "Give me a few hours." Other major vendors such as Google and Facebook continue to display the national tricolor, and the lion-and-sun emoji remains unavailable on most platforms and on X for Android. The change caused accounts linked to Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to display the protest-associated flag, prompting the ministry to remove the emoji from its bio. Widespread anti-government demonstrations began on December 28, with at least 572 dead and over 10,600 detained, according to HRANA.
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