Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Nov 6 UNPO submitted a report on Iran to UPR Info, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This report is published three years after the Islamic Republic’s last UPR review in 2014 and looks at the country’s dismal record when it comes to environmental …
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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 »Several killed, at least 20 injured in attack on Iran Military Parade
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 22 A group of gunmen opened fire on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, killing several people and wounding at least 20 more, local and state news agencies reported. Videos of the attack published online and by local media outlets show …
Read More »Turkey TV Presenter: Lake Urmia Crisis Threatens the Lives of at Least 16 Million People
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 12 CNN journalist, and television presenter expressed concern over the continuing crisis of the Urmia Lake and the threat to the lives of the residents of the region. Hakan Celik well-known Turkish journalist and broadcaster shared an image of Urmia Lake on his Instagram and wrote: ” Urmia …
Read More »Inflation and a Severe Shortage of Medicines in South Azerbaijan
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 10 The deputy chairman of the Food and Drug Administration in the East Azerbaijan province acknowledged that the increasing of drug price in South Azerbaijan dramatically. “Due to inflation in the country, the price of medicine is also impressed.” , said Nemati about the cost of drugs. …
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 …
Read More »Detention of five prominent South Azerbaijan national and civil rights activists
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 25 Five South Azerbaijan national and civil rights activists who were visiting Tabriz to attend the funeral procession of Hassan Damirchi (Hassan Agha Azerbaijan) were arrested along the way of Tehran-Tabriz. According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), at least …
Read More »Death to Khamenei and Khomeini banners unfurls in South Azerbaijan-Tabriz city (video)
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 15 South Azerbaijan national activists unfurled a banner with a content of “Cursing Khomeini, Death to Khamenei “at the Kasai Expressway in South Azerbaijan-Tabriz city. The banner “Damn Khomeini, Death to Khamenei”, which is about 10 meters in length, which hanged on Friday (June 16th) at …
Read More »South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security
South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security-By Emil Aslan Souleimanov and Josef Kraus Iranian Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethno-linguistic 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 …
Read More »The Growing Crisis of Migration from South Azerbaijan to Persian Regions
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 9 The pattern of displacement of the population of Iran shows that all areas of South Azerbaijan are faced with a population migration crisis. The Iranian Statistics Center traces the number of “Provincial Immigration” from 2011 to 1395 in the form of an info-graphic. According to …
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