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 …
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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 »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 »Massive Arrest of South Azerbaijan National Activists in Savalan Mountain
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 9 Dozens of South Azerbaijan National and civil right Activists were arrested by agents of the Revolutionary Guard Corps known as “ETELAAT” in the Savalan Mountains and taken to an unknown location on 9th Aug. According to GAMAC “Southern Azerbaijan National Liberation Front” quoted from Gunaz …
Read More »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 »South Azerbaijani Women’s Support Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 2 South Azerbaijani women announced their support for the Azerbaijani political prisoners with carrying banners on their hand. The South Azerbaijani national and civil right women in various parts of the city of Qosha-Chai have shown their protest against the Suppression policies of the Iranian regime …
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 …
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