thirteen flags have the british flag on them.
how many flags have the british flag on them?
thirteen
on 29 november 2011, despite heavy police resistance, two compounds of the british embassy in tehran were stormed by iranian protesters. the protesters smashed windows, ransacked offices, set fire to government documents, and burned a british flag. six british diplomats were initially reported by the iranian semi-official news agency mehr as being taken hostage, while later reports indicated that in fact they were escorted to safety by the police. the storming of the british embassy followed from the 2011 joint american-british-canadian sanctions and the iranian government's guardian council approving a parliamentary bill expelling the british ambassador as a result of those sanctions. a british flag was taken down and replaced by the iranian flag by the protesters. the british foreign office responded by saying "we are outraged by this. it is utterly unacceptable and we condemn it." according to iranian state news agencies, the protesters were largely composed of young adults. on 30 november william hague announced that all iranian diplomats had been expelled and given 48 hours to leave the united kingdom.
iran–united kingdom relations
many officially christian states and predominantly christian countries have flags with christian symbolism. many flags used by modern nations have their roots in historical christian flags used in historic christian empires, such as the byzantine empire, or in crusader vexillology. all the flags based on the dannebrog, including the flag of finland, flag of the faroe islands, flag of iceland, flag of norway and flag of sweden contain a christian cross, representing christianity. the union jack of great britain, as well as its descendant flags, "makes reference to three christian patron saints: the patron saint of england, represented by the red cross of saint george, the patron saint of ireland, represented by the red saltire of saint patrick, and the patron saint of scotland, represented by the saltire of saint andrew." in addition, the flag of greece, as well as the flag of switzerland, contain a christian cross to represent the faith. the "cross on the flag of dominica represents christianity while the three colours of which the cross consists stand for the trinity" and the "coat of arms depicted on the flag of slovakia shows a double cross". the flag of the dominican republic also depicts a bible and a cross. the flag of georgia, flag of tonga, flag of moldova and flag of serbia all display a cross representing christianity. the flag of portugal also has christian symbolism, bearing the five wounds of christ. the flag of vatican city features the keys of st. peter, which were given to him by jesus christ, one "or" (gold) and one "argent" (silver), which represent heavenly and earthly power respectively. the flag also features a christian cross, which surmounts the papal tiara.
history of christian flags