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Fatemeh Shiite flag

Source: https://en.abna24.com/news//changing-of-flag-ceremony-held-at-hazrat-masoumeh-holy-shrine-in-qom_957822.html

Caption: On the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatemeh Masoumeh, [he daughter of Imam Musa Kazem and sister of Imam Reza], the changing of the flag ceremony was carried out at her Holy Shrine in Qom, South of Tehran, Iran; c. July 2019
Bill Garrison, 25 November 2019

Fatemeh Shiite flag (Iran) image located by Bill Garrison, 22 December 2019

Source: http://en.hawzahnews.com/news/353796/The-flag-of-holy-shrine-of-Fatemeh-Maasoume-a-s-to-be-gifted
Caption: The flag of the Shia Holy Shrine of Fatemeh Maasoume (or: Fatima Masumeh) in Qom, Iran [c. Dec. 22, 2019].
Bill Garrison, 22 December 2019


Imam Reza Holy Shrine

Shiite banner (Iran) image located by Bill Garrison, 31 March 2021

A black mourning flag for the Shiite-Muslim Imam Reza (d. June 818), at his Holy Shrine in in Mashhad, Iran; c. 2020.
also see far below green version.
black flag source: https://ejiga.com/w/5oDPmf6
Bill Garrison, 31 March 2021

Shiite banner (Iran) image located by Bill Garrison, 31 March 2021

A green flag with the same design.
Source: https://www.mehrnews.com/news
Bill Garrison, 31 March 2021

Both flags are related to Astan Quds Razavi, a charitable trust of Iranian origin.
Esteban Rivera, 31 March 2021

Possible Air Force flag, Iran image located by Bill Garrison, 28 April 2022

Source: https://en.abna24.com/news//iran-navy-becomes-regions-determining-force-senior-commander_1222589.html
Bill Garrison, 28 April 2022

The Astan Quds Razavi Foundation flag is a green horizontal background featuring the organization's logo in the middle and below it features the Shahada in yellow colors.
Esteban Rivera, 11 December 2022

Logo

Astan Quds Razavi Foundation logo image located by Esteban Rivera, 11 December 2022
Source: https://globe.razavi.ir


Shia Muslim banners

National Health System, Iran image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2011

I was able to contact أحمد سميح مصالحة (Ahmad Sameeh Massalha) who kindly helped identify this flag. The gold text عليٌ ولي الله means "Ali is God's liege" or "The liege from God". Ahmad says this is another Shia Muslim banner declaring their allegiance to Ali (Hussein's father), the 4th Muslim caliph whose death preceded and actuated the Shia-Sunni split.
Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2020

Full image at http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-photo/skiwiman/1/1226176140/flag-with-farsi-scriptx-naxin.jpg/tpod.html

This flag is described as "Flag with Farsi script, Na'in" on the source web page.
Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2011

National Health System, Iran image located by Bill Garrison 30 May 2022

Source: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/

An unidentified red-field flag with white slogans paraded during a Tehran funeral procession of IRGC-Quds Force Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei in late May 2022. (I'm guessing that this is a generic Shia-Muslim religious flag, rather than one ​specifically memorializing Khodaei.) Credit: WANA NEWS AGENCY/ ReuterS.
Bill Garrison 30 May 2022