Red Lion and Sun Society

The Red Lion with Red Sun Society of Iran ( Persian جمعیت شیر ​​و خورشید سرخ ایران, DMG Ǧam ʿ iyat -e SiR o ḫoršīd -e -e sorḫ Īrān ) is the oldest non-profit organization of Iran. She takes in Iran and within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement perform the duties of a voluntary aid society, arising from the Geneva Conventions and the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

History

The Red Lion with Red Sun Society of Iran was established in 1923 by the physician Amir Amir - Alam during the reign of Ahmad Shah. Reason for the founding of the company was an earthquake in the province of Khorasan in Bojnourd. Amir - Alam, who was director of the health department of Khorasan at this time, procured by Ahmad Shah approval to set up the company in order to solicit volunteers from home and abroad for medical care of earthquake victims can. Even in the first year the organization was a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. As an indication of the organization under international law defined protective emblem of the Red Lion was used with sword and sun until 1980.

After the Islamic Revolution, the company was renamed Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Although since 1980 the Iranian Red Crescent Society used the distinctive emblem of the Red Crescent, Iran is expressly reserves the right to continue using the Red Lion and Sun, which therefore continues to have the status of an officially recognized emblem. Recognition as a protection symbol was confirmed in the Third Additional Protocol of 2005 to the Geneva Convention.

The sign and the name " Red Lion With Red Sun" are protected by federal law in Switzerland and Austria. The German Red Cross Act makes no explicit reference to the distinctive emblem or the designation.