Suggesting imminent war, Iran unfurls red flag over iconic mosque

January 5, 2020

In an unprecedented development, Iran has unfurled a red flag on top of an iconic Shi’ite mosque in the city of Qom, gesturing that a major war is coming. The flag was unfurled as a symbolic gesture that the country was prepared for a war in the aftermath of the recent attack that saw top IRGC General Qasem Soleimani killed.

The red flag in Shi’ite tradition symbolizes ‘blood spilled unjustly’ and serves as a call to avenge a person who is slain. According to various reports, a red flag has also been raised in several other cities including the capital Tehran.

It is for the first time in the history of the Qom mosque that a red flag has been raised over the building.

Video from Twitter of the raising of the flag here. From the twitter account of Hassan Hassan of the Center for Global Policy. I can’t work out how to embed it. If that’s even possible.