{{Short description|Mehr-e Khavaran}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox anthem | title = {{nq|سرود ملی جمهوری اسلامی ایران}} | transcription = {{nowrap|{{Transliteration|fa|Sorud-e Melli-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân|italic=no}}}} | english_title = {{nowrap|National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran}} | image = National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran(SHEET MUSIC).gif | image_size = | caption = Sheet music | prefix = National | country = Iran | author = Sayed Bagheri | lyrics_date = 1989 | composer = Hassan Riyahi | music_date = 1988 | predecessor = "[[Payandeh Bada Iran]]" | adopted = 1990 | sound = Sorud-e Mellí-e Yomhurí-e Eslamí-e Irán (instrumental).oga | sound_title = Official orchestral instrumental recording }}

The '''National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran'''{{efn|{{langx|fa|{{Nastaliq|سرود ملی جمهوری اسلامی ایران}}|Sorud-e Melli-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân}}; {{IPA|fa|soˈɹuːde melˈliːje dʒomhuːˈɹiːje ʔeslɒːˈmiːje ʔiːˈɹɒːn|IPA}}}}<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=National Anthem |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424091320/http://en.iran.ir:80/en_news/national-anthem.html |website=ICT Ministry Of Iran |access-date=19 March 2026}}</ref> was adopted in 1990, replacing the [[Payandeh Bada Iran|previous anthem]] used during the rule of [[Ruhollah Khomeini]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyUFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT2022|title=The CIA World Factbook 2021-2022|date=2021-05-25|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-5107-6382-1|pages=2022|language=en}}</ref> It was composed by Hassan Riyahi, and the lyrics were written by Sayed Bagheri. It is the fourth national anthem of [[Iran]] overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalanthems.me/iran-national-anthem-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/|title=Iran - National Anthem of Islamic Republic of Iran|publisher=NationalAnthems.me|access-date=2011-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108035804/http://nationalanthems.me/iran-national-anthem-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/|archive-date=2012-01-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History== Due to the death of [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]] Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, Iran adopted its current anthem after a competition the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalanthems.info/ir.htm/|title=Iran|publisher=nationalanthems.info|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> At the time of its adoption, it was the second shortest anthem in the world; the first being [[Japan]]ese national anthem "[[Kimigayo]]" of seven lines.{{cn|date=March 2026}} {{clear}}

==Lyrics== {{clear}} <div style="overflow-x:auto;"> {|cellpadding="10" !Official text in [[Persian language|Persian]]<ref name="name">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120108035804/http://nationalanthems.me/iran-national-anthem-of-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/ Iran - National Anthem of Islamic Republic of Iran]. ''NationalAnthems.me''.</ref><ref>[https://today24.su/watch/national-anthem-of-iran-soroud-e-melli-e-jomhouri-e-eslami-e-iran-رود-ملی-جمهوری-اسلامی-ایران/v6fww4XkBW8 National Anthem of Iran - Soroud-e Melli-e Jomhouri-e Eslami-e Iran - رود ملی جمهوری اسلامی ایران] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712073108/http://today24.su/watch/national-anthem-of-iran-soroud-e-melli-e-jomhouri-e-eslami-e-iran-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/v6fww4XkBW8 |date=12 July 2021 }} (2017)</ref> ![[Romanization of Persian|Romanization]] ![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [[Phonetic transcription|transcription]] ![[English language|English]] [[translation]]<ref name=":0" /> |- style="white-space:nowrap;" |<poem lang="fa" style="direction:rtl; white-space: nowrap;">سر زد از افق مهر خاوران فروغ دیده‌ی حق‌باوران بهمن فر ایمان ماست پیامت ای امام «استقلال، آزادی» نقش جان ماست شهیدان پیچیده در گوش زمان فریادتان پاینده مانی و جاودان جمهوری اسلامی ایران</poem> |<poem lang="fa-Latn" style = "width:270px;overflow-x:auto;">Sar zad az ofoq mehr-e khāvarān forugh-e dide-ye haq bāvarān Bahman farr-e Imān-e māst Payāmat ey Emām "esteqlāl, āzādi" naqsh-e jān-e māst Shahidān pichide dar gush-e zamān faryādetān Pāyande māni o jāvedān Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān</poem> |<poem lang="fa-IPA" style = "width:270px;overflow-x:auto;">[sæɹ‿zæd ʔæz {{!}} ʔoˈfoɢ {{!}} ˈmeɦ.ɹe xɒː.væˈɹɒːn {{!}}] [foˈɹuː.ʁe diːˈde.je {{!}} hæɢ(ː) bɒː.væˈɹɒːn ‖] [bæɦˈmæn {{!}} ˈfæ.re ʔiːˈmɒː.ne mɒːst ‖] [pʰæˈjɒː.mæt ʔej ʔeˈmɒːm {{!}} ʔes.tʰeʁˈlɒːl {{!}} ʔɒː.zɒːˈdiː {{!}} ˈnæʁ.ʃe ˈd͡ʒɒː.ne mɒːst ‖] [ʃæ.hiːˈdɒːn {{!}} pʰiː.t͡ʃʰiːˈde dæɹ ˈɡuː.ʃe zæˈmɒːn fæɹˌjɒː.deˈtʰɒːn ‖] [pʰɒː.jænˈde {{!}} mɒːˈniː(.j‿)o d͡ʒɒː.veˈdɒːn ‖] [d͡ʒom.huːˈɹiː.je ʔes.lɒːˈmiː.je ʔiːˈɹɒːn ‖]</poem> |<poem style = "width:270px;overflow-x:auto;">Upwards on the horizon rose the Eastern Sun The light in the eyes of the Believers in Justice [[Bahman]]{{efn|The month in which the [[Iranian Revolution]] took place.}} is the zenith of our [[Iman (Islam)|faith]]. Your message, O [[Ruhollah Khomeini|Imam]], of Sovereignty and Freedom is imprinted on our souls O [[Shahid|Martyrs]]! Your shouts echo in the ears of time: Be enduring, continuing, and eternal, The Islamic Republic of Iran.</poem> |}</div>

==See also== {{Portal|Iran|Music}} *[[Emblem of Iran]] *[[Flag of Iran]] *[[Imperial Anthem of Iran]] – former national anthem *[[Royal Salute (anthem)]] – former national anthem

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