{"id":24239,"date":"2018-01-27T13:39:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/24239-iran-regime-s-increased-control-worries-many-in-azerbaijan"},"modified":"2024-02-14T15:10:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:10:53","slug":"iran-regime-s-increased-control-worries-many-in-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-regime-s-increased-control-worries-many-in-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime\u2019s Increased Control Worries Many in Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">NCRI Staff<\/p>\n<p>NCRI &#8211;\u00a0The government and people of Azerbaijan are increasingly worried about the Iranian Regime\u2019s manipulation of Shiite Muslims; with a report from the security forces stating that Iran has \u201cincreased its capabilities\u201d across the country and that many people are under the Regime&#8217;s influence.<\/p>\n<p>Many Azeris are disturbed by the rise in Shiite practices, including self-flagellation at Ashura ceremonies and wearing hijab. In 2013, as part of an effort to stop Azeris from joining ISIS, Azerbaijan eased its unofficial ban on Iranian religious figures preaching in public places but it seems that this had the unintentional consequence of giving the Regime control.<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi author Raghd Abdel Rida al-Jaberi explained that Iraq saw a similar thing after the fall of Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cIran through its wit made Shiite clerics in Iraq turn the Iraqis\u2019 lives into a shameful reality\u2026.The Iranians destroyed the Iraqi army which confronted them for eight years. They established an alternative army which consisted of two parts: one that protects Husayn\u2019s visitors and another that carries food to those arriving from Iran to visit Husayn\u2019s tomb and perform other rituals invented by their ayatollahs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also appears that Azerbaijan\u2019s effort to stop terrorism may actually have led to more terrorism, as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Shiite Azeri militias affiliated with it have been recruiting Azeris to gather intelligence and create anti-government propaganda against Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>Huda al-Husseini, a political writer who focuses on Middle East geopolitics, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/views\/news\/middle-east\/2018\/01\/26\/Will-Iran-turn-Azerbaijan-into-another-Iraq-.html\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cThis threatens Baku\u2019s interests and raises questions about Russia\u2019s hidden role in these developments, particularly in Iran\u2019s rapprochement with Armenia at Azerbaijan\u2019s expense. Azerbaijan\u2019s priority may be protecting Azerbaijan\u2019s Shiites from religious habits and rituals which Iran wants to spread in their country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is Azerbaijan doing to combat Iranian control?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs proposed a ban on allowing children to take part in religious rituals like Ashura, but this has yet to be voted on and is opposed by Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Azerbaijan President Aliyev participated in the Jenadriyah festival as a guest of the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, to whom Iran is opposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Strategic Studies\u2019 Center, a think tank affiliated with the Azeri government, has written a report about its fears of Iran\u2019s relationship with Armenia and stated that the Iranian International Studies Association is just a platform to have Armenian scholars launch propaganda against Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, Azerbaijan remains cautious of Iran as it has since 1991.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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