Iran vs Tajikistan flag: how to tell them apart
Iran has green on top and a red emblem with white writing on the edges. Tajikistan has red on top, a wider white band and a yellow crown under seven stars.
How to tell them apart
Stripe order
Iran is green, white and red from the top. Tajikistan is red, white and green, the other way up.
Emblem
Iran has a red emblem of four crescents and a sword in the white band. Tajikistan has a yellow crown with an arc of seven stars above it.
Writing
Iran's flag has Allahu Akbar written in white Kufic script 11 times along the edge of the green band and 11 times along the red band, 22 in all. Tajikistan has no writing.
Stripe widths
Iran's three bands are equal. Tajikistan's are 2:3:2, so the white middle is one and a half times as wide as the others.
Shape
Iran's flag is officially 4:7. Tajikistan's is 1:2.
Bert's facts
- Iran: Iran shares land borders with seven countries.
- Tajikistan: Tajikistan is landlocked, yet it touches four other countries.
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