Template:Country data Iran: Difference between revisions

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Standard parameters

Parameter name	Value	Meaning
`alias`	`Iran`	Main article name (Iran)
`flag alias`	`Flag of Iran.svg`	Image name (File:Flag of Iran.svg, shown on right)

Flag variants

Label	Flag image (40px)	Image name
`official`		`Flag of Iran (official).svg`
`1502`		`Flag of Persia (1502–1524).svg`
`1576`	File:Safavid Flag.svg	`Safavid Flag.svg`
`1665`	File:Flag of Persia (1665).svg	`Flag of Persia (1665).svg`
`1736`		`Nadir Shah Flag.svg`
`1760`		`Zand Dynasty flag.svg`
`1796`		`Qajar Naval Ensign.svg`
`1849`		`Amir Kabir Flag.svg`
`1907`		`Flag of Persia (1907).svg`
`1910`		`Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg`
`1925`		`State Flag of Iran (1925).svg`
`1964`		`State Flag of Iran (1964).svg`
`military`	File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.svg	`Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.svg`
`coast guard`	File:Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg	`Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg`
`navy`	File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.svg	`Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.svg`
`air force`	File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.svg	`Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.svg`
`army`	File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg	`Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg`

Redirect aliases

This template can also be used via an alias name (implemented as a redirect to this template):

Alias name	`{{flag\|alias}}` output	`{{flag country\|alias}}` output
`IRN` (view)	Error creating thumbnail: IRN	Error creating thumbnail: Iran
`IRI` (view)	Error creating thumbnail: IRI	Error creating thumbnail: Iran

See What links here for a full list of redirects.

Example usage

{{flag|Iran}} → Error creating thumbnail: Iran
{{flag icon|Iran}} → Error creating thumbnail:

Using a flag variant

{{flag|Iran|official}} → Error creating thumbnail: Iran
{{flag icon|Iran|official}} → Error creating thumbnail:

Using a redirect alias

{{flag icon|IRN}} → Error creating thumbnail:
{{flag country|IRN}} → Error creating thumbnail: Iran
{{flag|IRN}} → Error creating thumbnail: IRN

Military ensigns

This nation's naval flag is the same as its national flag, so Template:Naval produces the following:

{{naval|Iran}} → Error creating thumbnail: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

This template includes an air force ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Air force:

{{air force|Iran}} → File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
{{flag icon|Iran|air force}} → Iran

This template includes a marine ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Armed forces:

{{Armed forces|Iran}} → File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Army
{{flag icon|Iran|military}} → Iran

This template includes an ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Navy:

{{navy|Iran}} → File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
{{flag icon|Iran|navy}} → Iran

This template includes a coast guard ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Coast guard:

{{coast guard|Iran}} → File:Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
{{flag icon|Iran|coast guard}} → Iran

This template includes an army ensign flag variant that can be used with Template:Army:

{{army|Iran}} → File:Flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Ground Forces
{{flag icon|Iran|army}} → Iran

Related templates

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TemplateData

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TemplateData for Country data Iran

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