Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 29 Exacerbation of pressure on Abbas Lisani and his family has increased by Iran intelligence service known as “Ettelaat”. According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Ardabil Public Administration Supervisory Authority has blocked all economic activity of Ali lisani (Attila), son of …
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South Azerbaijan National Activist Transferred to Addicts and the Thieves Row in Mughan Prison
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 3 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Mr. Kiumars Islami the South Azerbaijan national and civil right activist was transferred to addicts and the thieves row by the order of the head of Mughan Prison. The South Azerbaijani activist after the hunger strike has been …
Read More »Intensification of Detention Process of South Azerbaijan National Activists/ Brutal Beating of Activists Reported
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 4 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Three South Azerbaijan national and civil right activists with the name of Kiumars Islami, Faraj Nouri, Morteza Yazdani were arrested in Ahar, Mughan, and Urmia respectively. And the number of detainees and the threat of detention reached …
Read More »Extensive Arrests of South Azerbaijan National Activists on the Eve of the Babak Castle Ceremony
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 2 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), many South Azerbaijani activists have arrested on the eve of the Babak Castle ceremony in different cities of South Azerbaijan by Iranian regime intelligence office on Monday 2nd of July 2018. The name of some South Azerbaijan national and …
Read More »Taking pictures of Urmia representative from the occupied lands of Qarabagh
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 11 The representative of Urmia, in the presence of the historic bridge “Hasarat Korposu” condemns the continuation of the occupation of the Qarabagh by Armenia. Nader Gazipour the representative of the Urmia, condemned the crimes of the Armenians in Qarabagh region and released a picture from the …
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 »South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution;Identity, Society, and Regional Security
South Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethnolinguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had until the 1920s provided numerous dynasties to the Persian thrones. The rise of nationalism in the 20th century gradually breached the image of South …
Read More »Turkish Books are Still Distributed in South Azerbaijan- Ardabil city
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 3 Many Turkish books were distributed by South Azerbaijan civil right activist in Ardabil city. Large distribution of Turkish books have started from beginning of the academic year in Iran (two weeks ago). It should be highlighted that this Campaign welcomed by the students who live in Ardabil …
Read More »Continuation of Unawareness of the South Azerbaijan National Activist Ibrahim Nouri in Evin Prison
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 28 There is no absolute news about the situation of the South Azerbaijan national and civil right activist Ibrahim Nouri after 2 months. The family of this South Azerbaijan Turk activist can’t receive any information about the health condition of this activist more than 2 months. According …
Read More »IRAN: RELEASE AZERBAIJANI TURKIC MINORITY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR PEACEFUL CULTURAL GATHERINGS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …
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