Baghdad, Iraq, Sep 7 Protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in southern Iraq’s city of Basra, setting it on fire as part of deadly demonstrations against lack of services and jobs in which several government buildings have been ransacked and torched. Demonstrators on Friday broke into the consulate building in Basra, shouting …
Read More »23 Months Imprisonment for South Azerbaijani Student
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 24 Roya Saghiri, a South Azerbaijani student, was summoned for a 23-month prison sentence. She wrote on Instagram page: “I was summoned to execute the verdict; tomorrow I will go to take this little liberty in the face of injustice and obvious oppression.” Ms. Saghiri was …
Read More »Iran Central Bank Deputy Chief Detained Ahead Of Reimposed U.S. Sanctions
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 6 Iranian authorities have detained a deputy Central Bank governor amid street protests over the country’s economic difficulties, state-run media report, as Iran prepares to face a return of U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. A spokesman for the judiciary was quoted …
Read More »Protesting Against Racist Remarks of the Minister of Education in Tabriz
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 23 South Azerbaijan national and civil right activist have protested the racist attitude “Prohibition of Native Language Education in Schools” of IRAN Minister of Education by the wide distribution of posters in Tabriz on 23th of July. The Protests of South Azerbaijan people against racist remarks …
Read More »The 12th Anniversary of the Bloody Uprising of the South Azerbaijani People against Fascism on May 2006
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 22 Today is the twelfth anniversary of the bloody uprising of South Azerbaijani people against Fars Chauvinism on 22nd of May 2006. Following years of mistreatment and discrimination at the hands of the Iranian government, on May 12, 2006, an Iranian newspaper with the name of “IRAN …
Read More »Ahmad Obali in an interview with VOA: The People of Azerbaijan Agree with the Recent Decision of Trump
Washington, US, May 19 Mr. Ahmad Obali, founder, and director of Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), In an interview with the Voice of America, expressed about the economic and political effects of sanctions against Tehran after the withdrawal of the United States from nuclear deal. In an interview on May 19, 2018, …
Read More »What’s Driving Iran’s Protests?
What’s Driving Iran’s Protests? –By :HASSAN HAKIMIAN Iran’s protests, fueled by the rising cost of living and widening economic and social disparities, have quickly morphed into a repudiation of the regime itself. While much of the anger has been directed at the conservative clerical establishment, reformists have as much at …
Read More »Death to Khamenei: Anti-Government Protests Continue in Iran (Video)
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 30 Anti-government protests continued in Iran for a second day on Friday as thousands took to the streets angry at price increases as well as money spent propping up Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and neighbor countries . The protests continue in many Iranian cities. Thousands of people chanted slogans “Death …
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