Yunis Safarov (militant)
# Yunis Safarov (militant)

Yunis Safarov (Azerbaijani: Yunus Səfərov) is an azerbaijani dissident and militant Shia Islamist member of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan or Hüseynçilar of Russian-Azerbaijani nationalities known for having attempted to assassinate Elmar Valiyev, the leader of the executive authority of the city of Ganja.

## Biography

Yunis Safarov was born to Azerbaijani parents. Her father is a businessman based in Russia.

He traveled to Iran around 2016 and lived in the city of Qom for eight months, and reportedly received military training in Syria, where he joined the ranks of the Azerbaijan Islamic Resistance Movement

During the Syrian Civil War , he is said to have fought alongside Iranian forces and the regime of Bashar al-Assad with several members of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan against the forces of the Salafist jihadist terrorist group ISIS.

Safarov is said to have participated in the Battle of Palmyra against ISIS forces.

In 2018 , he shot the head of Ganja's executive authority and was convicted. Safarov's motivation is said to be the "struggle against oppression" and the "harassment of the local population". He was sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the indictment, Yunis Safarov and 11 others were charged with 30 counts, including attempted murder, terrorism and illegal possession of weapons

Some Azerbaijani newspapers have accused Iran and Armenia of planning the attack.<ref name="Alp">"İran erməni əsilli Yunus Səfərovu İmam Hüseyn aşiqi kimi necə sırıdı?". Akp (in Azerbaijani). October 8, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2023.</ref

Safarov became an icon of part of the Azerbaijani opposition to Ilham Aliyev's regime.

* 1 2 3 4 "Erməni kəşfiyyatının Gəncə ETİRAFI: Yunis Səfərov planının hədəfi nə idi?". Publika (in Azerbaijani). July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
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* ↑ ""Gəncə işi" başa çatdı- Yunis Səfərov ömürlük, digərləri 20 ilə qədər cəza aldılar (Yenilənib)". Müsavat (in Azerbaijani). August 16 ,2021. Retrieved July 19 ,2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
* ↑ "Yunis Səfərov bəraət istədi" (in Azerbaijani). February 9, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |périodique= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
