Tawhid Ibrahim Begli

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Tawheed Ibraheem Begli
Tövhid İbrahimbəyli
Ibrahim in 2023
1st leader of Hussainiyoun
Incumbent
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
Born1989 (age 35–36)
CitizenshipAzerbaijan
Iran
NationalityAzerbaijani-Iranian
Alma materQom Seminary
ProfessionShia cleric
Militia leader
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Years of service2015–present
RankCommander
UnitIslamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan
Battles/warsSyrian Civil War

Tawhid Ibrahim Begli (Azerbaijani: Tövhid İbrahimbəyli Persian: توحید ابراهیم‌بیلی, romanized: Tohid Ebrahim Beli, born 1989 in Lankaran) is a religious Shia Islamist Azerbaijani cleric and the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan (Husseinyoun), who opposes the regime of Ilham Aliyev. He is wanted by the Azerbaijani authorities for terrorism.[1]

Biography

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Ibrahim Begli was born in 1989.[1] Tawhid Ibrahim Begli's father, Alam Ibrahimli, and his mother, Soodabeh Ibrahimli, were originally from Lankaran in Azerbaijan and later settled in Mashhad, Iran.[2]

In 2011, he was arrested for demonstrating against the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan. In 2016, he went into exile in Iran and proposed to create a Shia Azerbaijani brigade. This brigade came to known as the Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan.[3][4][5]

He is a staunch critic of the regime of Ilham Aliyev and stated that the aim of his movement (Hussainiyoun) is "to create a discourse, to create a deterrent power among the Shia Muslims of Azerbaijan and to strengthen and empower them based on the model of resistance".[3][4][5] Ibrahim became a religious Shia cleric after completing his religious education from Qom Seminary.[1]

Ibrahim is currently reported to be residing in Iran.[6]

Activities

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In 2013, Tawhid Ibrahim Begli met with Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, during a meeting called "Ulema of the Ummah and the Islamic Awakening" as the chairman of the "Assembly of Fighting Clerics of the Republic of Azerbaijan". During the meeting, he spoke about the situation of Muslim prisoners in the Republic of Azerbaijan.[7][8]

In late 2015 and early 2016, Tawhid Ibrahim Begli instructed 14 students from the Azerbaijan who were studying religion in Qom and Mashhad to establish a "Husseiniyun Brigade" consisting of students. Ibrahim Begli first gathered the 14 students at the workplace of Iskander Husseinov in Qom, and after a day of waiting and training, transferred them to a military unit near the capital of Syria, Damascus.[9][10][11]

According to some media outlets in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ibrahim Begli immediately stated in Damascus that their intention was not only to fight ISIS, but also to prepare for an uprising in Azerbaijan.[9][10][11]

However, the movement has stated that its sole purpose is to confront extremists and has no plans to expand its activities in Azerbaijan. According to Tawhid Ibrahim Begli, he did not support Azerbaijan and did not directly order the deployment fighters to Nagorno-Karabakh because of Israel's support for Azerbaijan.[12]

In 2017, Tawhid Ibrahim Begli attended the "Memorial of the Martyrs of Nardaran" in Zanjan and spoke about the incident of an attack by the special police forces of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2015 on the Shiites of Nardaran, which killed four residents.[7][8]

Ibrahim and his followers visited the tomb of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman in 2020.[13]

In a message, Tawhid Ibrahim Begli and his movement congratulated then Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi on his victory in the 2021 Iranian presidential election.[14]

Arrest warrant

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Ibrahim Beyli is suspected by the Azerbaijani authorities of being the planner of the attempted assassination of Elmar Valiyev, and of having sent the veteran of the civil war in Syria, Yunis Safarov, to execute the order.[15] Ibrahim had called for the assassination of Elmar Valiyev, the then mayor of Ganja, in January 2017 through the extremist website "nur-az.com". A year later, Yunis Safarov attempted to assassinate Elmar Valiyev.[16]

He is the subject of an arrest warrant from the Azerbaijani state for his membership in an Islamist pro-Iranian organization.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hizbullahın Azərbaycan üzrə Şeyx Nəsrullası – Töfid İbrahimbəyli kimdir? » Ovqat.com". Ovqat.com. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  2. ^ "The Huseynyun: Iran's new IRGC-backed movement in Azerbaijan". Middle East Monitor. 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  3. ^ a b "جنبش حسینیون در پی گفتمان سازی است". برخط نیوز.
  4. ^ a b "تشکیل حسینیون مرهون بصیرت و حمایت‌های حاج‌قاسم است". www.javanonline.ir.
  5. ^ a b "تشکیل "حسینیون" مرهون بصیرت و حمایت‌های سردار سلیمانی است/ حاج قاسم گفت من کمر زیر تابوت تو رفتن را ندارم!". مشرق نیوز. October 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Taban, Besmillah (2024-12-15). "The Fall of the Syrian Government and the Future of Foreign Jihadists: Supporters and Opponents of Assad". Hasht-e Subh. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  7. ^ a b "نسخه چاپی". basijnews.ir. Archived from the original on 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  8. ^ a b "شیخ توحید ابراهیم بیلی در یادواره شهدای نارداران در زنجان: نارداران در آسیای میانه و قفقاز، نماد دشمنی با صهیونیسم، آمریکا و نماد مقاومت است". Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b "İbrahimbəyli "Hüseyniyyun" dəstəsi yaradıb - Şok DETALLAR". Metbuat.az.
  10. ^ a b "İbrahimbəyli "Hüseyniyyun" dəstəsi yaradıb - Şok məlumat". Axar.Az. July 15, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Tohid İbrahimbəyli İranda dini təhsil alan şəxslərin iştirakı ilə "Hüseyniyyun" (Hüseynçilər) adlı silahlı dəstə yaradıb". Apa.az.
  12. ^ Agentliyi, ABNA Xəbər (February 27, 2021). "44-günlük Vətən Müharibəsində Hüseynçilər necə vuruşurdu və hərbiçimiz bu haqda nə danışdı? – Video". abna24.com.
  13. ^ "Hüseynçilər təşkilatı Şəhid Hacı Qasim Süleymanin məzarını ziyarət etdilər". Islam Times. December 24, 2020.
  14. ^ "تبریک جنبش مقاومت اسلامی جمهوری آذربایجان به رئیسی". خبرگزاری ایلنا.
  15. ^ "Yunis Səfərovu sui-qəsdə hazırlayan Tohid İbrahimbəyli kimdir? » Tərəf - XOCANIN BLOGU". Tərəf - XOCANIN BLOGU. Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  16. ^ "Tohid İbrahimbəyli İranda Hüseyniyyun (Hüseynçilər) adlı silahlı dəstə yaradıb". realpress.az.
  17. ^ "Azerbaijan stepping up probes against Iranian-backed extremist group "Huseyniyun" - Tehran's hybrid warfare". caliber.az. 2025-10-26. Retrieved 2025-10-26.