India, Jan. 10 -- Social media giant X has replaced the current Iranian flag symbol on its platform to the lion-and-sun flag used in the country before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Iran's current flag includes equal horizontal bands of green, white and red, with the Islamic emblem in red centred on the white band.

The lion and sun flag was the official flag of Iran before the overthrow of the Shah (king, or monarchy) in 1979.

This came after a user's request to update the flag symbol on Friday, to which Nikita Bier, head of Product at X, responded. "Give me a few hours." After this, she shared a link to a coding platform showing the current flag emoji having been replaced.

This comes even as some protestors in Iran, as well as those...