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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 5 The 13th festival of Azerbaijan folk music (ASHUG  music) was held with the presence of the South Azerbaijan folk music’s Pioneers and citizens of Zanjan city. The Azerbaijan folk music (ASHUG  music) festival was held at the Imam Cultural Hall –Zanjan city on the 5th of …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 21 The UNESCO Organization has published Mother Language Day‘s posts on its official Instagram and Twitter page in recent days, which faced  with thousands of comments of  South Azerbaijani people. UNESCO’s official pages on social networks broadcast images emphasizing the necessity  of education of children in their mother …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Nov 15 A group of South Azerbaijan national activists in Tabriz city has fluttered the flag of the South Azerbaijan National Movement in a different part of the city. The video and pictures shows the civil action of the South Azerbaijan National Movement activists.  According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South …

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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 16 The non-Persian population like South Azerbaijan people in Iran geography has faced many problems that were accumulated even before the establishment of the Iran Islamic republic. The demands of the oppressed minorities surfaced immediately after the overthrow of the Shah regime in 1979. unfortunately, South Azerbaijan people witnessed …

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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 27 A group of South Azerbaijan National activists in Tabriz celebrated the memory of South Azerbaijani folk music master Hassan Damirchi on 24th of Aug 2018. National activists from all parts of South Azerbaijan, along with Mr. Hassan Damirchi’s family, commemorated the memory of this prominent …

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 …

Ankara, Turkey, July 14 A group of South Azerbaijan national activists was held  The honorary ceremony of One of the Pioneers of South Azerbaijan National Activist and veteran Azerbaijani artist and famous master of Azerbaijan traditional music Hassan Damirchi (Hassan Agha Azerbaijan)  in Istanbul on  July 14. This ceremony takes place on Saturday at …