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Huseinites (Azerbaijan)

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[Flag of Huseinites] image located by Bill Garrison, 17 October 2021

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Flag of the Huseinites

Found at https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211009-the-huseynyun-irans-new-irgc-backed-movement-in-azerbaijan/, a yellow-field flag of the "Huseynyun" (the "Huseinites"). "Huseynyn" (حسينيون) can be read in the middle, at the bottom of the arm holding a rifle. It is a Shia-Muslim Islamist militia backed by the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps); c. Sept. 2021. IRGC's Quds Force has been active in southern Azerbaijan since the early 1990s. Although Iran and neighboring Azerbaijan both have Shia-majority populations, the Iranian government perceives that Azerbaijan's sectarian-oriented government is not revolutionary enough in supporting Shia-sharia theology. A photo shows the Huseynyun flag draped atop IRGC Quds Force commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani's tombstone.
Bill Garrison, 17 October 2021