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# Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Iran

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Last modified: 2026-04-11 by ian macdonald
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image by William Garrison, 4 July 2022

- About the
- Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs Organization

See also:

- Islamic Republic News Agency
- Iran

## About the flag

Photo of flag: https://iranpress.com/content/42397/world-mainstream-media-ignore-justice-freedom (archived here)
A blue-field flag with yellow slogans of the Iran "Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance" ; c. June 2021.
Original caption: Tehran (IP) - Abbas Salehi, Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said that the world's major media had not created an acceptable image of justice and freedom, and the people's concerns are ignored and marginalized."
William Garrison, 4 July 2022

## Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs Organization

image located by Bill Garrison, 2 March 2022
Flag in context.

On February 8, 2022, in Teheran, the Syrian Ambassador to Iran, Shafik Ali Dayoub, met with Seyyed Abdul Fattah Nawab, the Representative of the Supreme Leader for "Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs." The photo caption reads: "The meeting of the supreme leader's envoy on pilgrimage affairs with the Syrian ambassador to Tehran. (IRNA, February 8)" (source)

These two flags may be related to Nawab's office, particularly the green-field one, as its logo pictures the holy Kaaba Shrine that many Muslims attempt to visit during hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia." (source)
The Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs Organization (سازمان حج و زیارت) was founded in 1979 and before that Hajj Pilgrimage matters were managed by the Ministry of Interior. " In Iran this organization is a subset of the Ministry of Culture and_Islamic_Guidance.
William Garrison, 2 March 2022

The yellow flag is the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj_and_Pilgrimage_Organization_(Iran).
The green flag specifically belongs to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the text on the flag states "فرایندی ولی فقیه در امور حج و زیارت" "The Supreme Leader's Process in Hajj and Pilgrimage Matters" The flag can be clearly seen at https://iqna.ir/fa/amp/news/4312085.
Zachary Harden, 21 March 2026