The Emblem of Iran displays the name of God (or "Allah") in artistically stylized Arabic letters. The emblem is also an overlaid rendering of La Ilaha Illa Allah (There is no God but Allah). The exact shape of the emblem and an algorithmic ruler-and-compass construction is described in the national Iranian standard ISIRI 1. Emblem of the Islamic Republic Allah in artistically stylized Arabic letters. ... The word is the Arabic term for God. In other languages, it is often used to refer specifically to the Islamic concept of God: see Usage below. ... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing the Arabic language, which is the language of the Quran, the holy book of Islam. ... The word is the Arabic term for God. In other languages, it is often used to refer specifically to the Islamic concept of God: see Usage below. ... The word is the Arabic term for God. In other languages, it is often used to refer specifically to the Islamic concept of God: see Usage below. ... Flowcharts are often used to represent algorithms. ... Creating a regular hexagon with a ruler and compass A number of ancient problems in plane geometry involve the construction of lengths or angles using only an idealized ruler and compass, or more properly a straightedge and compass. ...

The emblem was designed by Hamid Nadimi, and was officially approved by Ayatollah Khomeini on May 9, 1980. Ayatollah Khomeini founded the first modern Islamic republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی in Persian) (May 17, 1900 – June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia cleric and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 revolution that overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran. ... May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

the dissidents called the emblem as the "bloody Fork", and calling for a return to the former Lion & sun emblem.