Executive Summary: On June 22–24, Georgia’s Shiite community held the annual Tasu’a mourning processions commemorating Imam Hussein in Tbilisi and in the town of Marneuli, the center of the Kvemo Kartli region, which is densely populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis (Facebook/MarneuliNews.ge, June 24). Georgia’s Shiite community has observed the ritual for many years, although in recent […] The post Iran Contests Baku’s Influence Over Georgia’s Shia Community appeared first on Jamestown .