The debate and the historical analysis goes on but being Mr. Fozolie I was quite interested in the symbolism of the sun in our national symbol and its depication as female. It was depicted as a woman in official seals as recently as Qajar times (http://iranian.com/main/blog/fozolie/defence-l…). The article below makes the link to Mitra:
http://www.kavehfarrokh.com/news/the-lion-and-sun-…
The above photograph is of a gate in Samarkand.
