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Source:
https://en.abna24.com/news//changing-of-flag-ceremony-held-at-hazrat-masoumeh-holy-shrine-in-qom_957822.html
Caption: On the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Hazrat
Fatemeh Masoumeh, [he daughter of Imam Musa Kazem and sister of Imam Reza], the
changing of the flag ceremony was carried out at her Holy Shrine in Qom, South
of Tehran, Iran; c. July 2019
William Garrison,
25 November 2019
image located by William Garrison,
22 December 2019
Source:
http://en.hawzahnews.com/news/353796/The-flag-of-holy-shrine-of-Fatemeh-Maasoume-a-s-to-be-gifted
Caption: The flag of the Shia Holy Shrine of Fatemeh Maasoume (or: Fatima Masumeh) in Qom, Iran [c. Dec. 22, 2019].
William Garrison,
22 December 2019
image located by William Garrison,
31 March 2021
A black mourning flag for the Shiite-Muslim Imam Reza (d. June 818), at his Holy
Shrine in in Mashhad, Iran; c. 2020.
also see far below green version.
black flag source:
https://ejiga.com/w/5oDPmf6
William Garrison, 31 March 2021
image located by William Garrison,
31 March 2021
A green flag with the same design.
Source:
https://www.mehrnews.com/news
William Garrison, 31 March 2021
Both flags are related to Astan Quds Razavi, a charitable trust of Iranian
origin.
Esteban Rivera, 31 March 2021
image located by William Garrison,
28 April 2022
Source:
https://en.abna24.com/news//iran-navy-becomes-regions-determining-force-senior-commander_1222589.html
William Garrison,
28 April 2022
The Astan Quds Razavi Foundation flag is a green horizontal background
featuring the organization's logo in the middle and below it features the
Shahada in yellow colors.
Esteban Rivera,
11 December 2022
Logo
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image located by Esteban Rivera,
11 December 2022
Source:
https://globe.razavi.ir
image located by
Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2011
I was able to contact أحمد سميح مصالحة (Ahmad Sameeh Massalha) who kindly helped identify this flag. The gold text عليٌ ولي الله means "Ali is God's liege" or "The liege from God". Ahmad says this is another Shia Muslim banner declaring their allegiance to Ali (Hussein's father), the 4th Muslim caliph whose death preceded and actuated the Shia-Sunni split.
Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2020
Full image at http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-photo/skiwiman/1/1226176140/flag-with-farsi-scriptx-naxin.jpg/tpod.html
This flag is described as "Flag with Farsi script, Na'in" on the source
web page.
Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2011
image located by William Garrison 30
May 2022
Source:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/
An unidentified red-field flag
with white slogans paraded during a Tehran funeral procession of IRGC-Quds Force
Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei in late May 2022. (I'm guessing that this is a
generic Shia-Muslim religious flag, rather than one specifically memorializing
Khodaei.) Credit: WANA NEWS AGENCY/ REUTERS.
William Garrison 30 May
2022
image located by Esteban Rivera,
30 November 2014
In this picture (http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Saeqeh-fighter-jets-Iran-Air-Force1.jpg, source: http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=90142) taken back in 2010, there is a green flag in the middle with red lettering.
It seems to be a religious prayer: "Yā Hussain is an Arabic phrase used by
Shia Muslims to invoke the memory or intervention of Hussain ibn Ali. It is
especially used in the context of the Mourning of Muharram."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Hussain
I've also seen the following variants:
- Black background with red
letters (see image at Ya Husain flag):
http://m5.i.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/59130245.IranMar062629.jpg (source:
http://www.pbase.com/image/59130245)
- White background with red letters:
https://muharramnyc.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hussain1.jpg (source:
http://pixgood.com/ya-hussain-flag.html))
Here is the explanation:
Iran Islam Shia Ya Husain Religious, Political
& Military Flag
The Inscription on the flag reads YA HUSAIN. He was the
3rd Imam of all Shia who was martyred in Karbala, Iraq, centuries ago & is a
symbol for all Shias to raise against the Oppressors.
The wording above
YA HUSAIN is the Famous Hadith of Prophet Muhammad that reads: " INNA-HUSAIN
mISBAHUL-HUDA WA SAFINATUN-NAJAT" that means Husain is the Lighthouse of Islamic
Guidance for the lost ships & the Rescue ship.
Such flags are mostly used
by Shia Political & Military Groups in Iran & Lebanon."
Source:
http://www.mecollectibles.com/en/flags/1636-iran-islam-shia-ya-husain-religious-political-military-flag.html
Esteban Rivera, 30 November 2014
Not quite sure if it is a religious phrase. Mourning of Muharram was the day
Hussain was murdered (some kind of genesis story of Shiite vs. Sunnite Muslims).
Basically it means something like "Remember Hussein" (and forever don't be
friend with his murderers). The event marks the anniversary of the Battle of
Karbala when Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and a
Shia Imam, was killed by the forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I at
Karbala.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_of_Muharram
Dirk Schönberger,
30 November 2014
image located by Bill
Garrison,
21 November 2022
On 4 Jan 2020 various media reported that a "Red flag of jihad war" had been
raised above the Jamkaran mosque in the Shiite holy city of Qom, Iran. Rather
than being raised as an actual "declaration of war" by Iran against the U.S., It
had been raised in memorium to honor Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who had been
killed by an American-drone airstrike early on 3 Jan 2020. The white slogan on
the red flag reads: "Those who want to avenge the blood of Hussein", who was a
Shiite warrior who died as a martyr/shahid in battle in Oct. 680 AD in Karbala,
Iraq. Its raising heralds a declaration that Shiites are ready for war against
the U.S. in retaliation for both the killing of Soleimani, as well as in
opposition to the economically harmful U.S.-led oil embargo against Iran. Red
flags in Shiite tradition symbolize both blood spilled unjustly (such as Hussain
& Soleimani) and serve as a call to avenge a person who is slain while defending
either the Shiite religion or the Shiite-oriented Iranian government. Other
similar "Hussain" commemoration flags are usually less militaristic, in that
that they usually merely read "Ya, Hussain" in a prayerful appeal for Hussain's
spirit to assist troubled Shiites.
source:
https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/04/iran-unfurls-red-flag-show-ready-war-us-air-strike-12001520
and/or
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10670210/iran-unfurls-red-flag-ready-for-war/
William Garrison,
5 January 2020
Various media are claiming that a "Red Flag of Revenge" has been flown at the same mosque.
"Iran Raises ‘Red Flag Of Revenge’ In Holy City Of Qom" -
https://charter97.org/en/news/2022/11/2/522507.
Briefly, a Ukrainian officer claimed that this flag raising meant that Iran was declaring war against those countries that were opposing Russia's early 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
and elsewhere:
"WATCH:
Iran unveils red flag of revenge against America at mosque"
Both flags are the same. So now the "Red Jihad War Flag" has morphed into the "Red Flag of Revenge" within the media. In actuality, this "red flag" is not specifically pro-Soleimani, nor anti-U.S., nor pro-Russia, but raised more in a prayerful appeal for Imam Hussain's spirit to assist troubled Shiites during troubling times.
William Garrison, 21 November 2022
image located by Bill
Garrison,
5 April 2020
Source:
https://pakistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_pf/features/2019/02/22/feature-02
Citation: Pakistan and Afghanistan share a common border. Inside Pakistan,
pro-Sunni-Muslim "Jaish al-Adl" group, which is anti-Shia-Muslim Iran;, c. Oct.
2018.
Jaish al-Adl, is a Salafi jihadist militant organization that operates mainly in southeastern Iran, where there is a substantial concentration of Sunni Baluchis and a porous border with Pakistan.
Bill
Garrison,
5 April 2020
image located by Bill
Garrison,
3 November 2020
I just found another version of the Iran resistance Jaish al-Adl flag:
source:
https://www.thereference-paris.com/1432
Caption: "Members of the
anti-Iranian, Sunni-Muslim "Jaish al-Adl" ("Army of Justice") stand in front of
their militia's flag, c. Oct. 2018."
Bill
Garrison,
3 November 2020
image located by William Garrison,
17 January 2020
From
https://www.ncr-iran.org:
Astan-e Quds Razavi (AQR), (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language:
آستان قدس رضوی, is a charitable trust foundation based in Mashhad, Iran. It
manages the Imam Reza shrine and its various other institutions.
2 flag
varieties of same organization. c. Jan. 14, 2020. The first photo shows the flag
having an additional second slogan line.
William Garrison,
17 January 2020
image located by William Garrison,
17 January 2020
