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 image located by Bill 
Garrison, 17 October 2021
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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. 
William Garrison, 17 
October 2021
An example of this flag was posted on Ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/405423375826. Image archived
here. 
William Garrison, 2 March 
2025