Unverified Reports Claim Coup Attempt Against Ilham Aliyev
Social media reports claim Islamist soldiers are attempting a coup against President Ilham Aliyev following a government ban on hijabs in schools.
Unverified social media reports claim that Islamist soldiers within the Azerbaijani armed forces are attempting to instigate a coup against Ilham Aliyev. The alleged unrest follows a September government amendment that bars school clothing violating the principle of secularism, a move that led many schools to prohibit students and teachers from wearing hijabs.
Some allegations on social media suggest that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and Turkish intelligence are encouraging these military elements to act against the government. However, no official reports or trusted news sources have confirmed these claims.
A video circulating online that purportedly shows a soldier removing a banner of the president was identified as AI-generated content by a Community Note on X.
