Iran
"پاینده بادا ایران" "Payandeh Bada Iran" (Lasting Iran)
Words by: Abolghasem Halat or Mohammad Beglary-Pour
Music by: Mohammad Beglary-Pour
In use: 1980-1990
Adopted 13 months after the deposition of the Shah, Iran adopted a new national anthem. (During the transitional period, a popular patriotic song "Ey Iran" was used as the national anthem on official occasions when an anthem was needed, but it was not the official anthem of the country.)
Special thanks to: Josh Lim for the music file.
See also: Persia, Iran (1933-1979), Iran (1990-).