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 …

Ankara, Turkey, Oct 29 Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is opening what he claims will eventually become the world’s largest airport on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Mr. Erdogan’s 29 October deadline. However, its launch on Monday is symbolic with only limited …

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, Sep 28 The latest NASA image from the second largest salt lake “Urmia lake” shows that this lake is drying completely. These days, concerns about the destruction of Lake Urmia has become an international issue and an environmental crisis. Gary Lewis, the UN‘s representative in Iran, also expressed …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 4 Isa Kalantari, the head of Iran’s environmental organization, admitted that Iranian authorities have known that the Lake Urmia dries up since 1998. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency during a meeting, referring to the situation of Lake Urmia and said:” In the year 1998, Dr. …

  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 …

Saudi Arabia and Iran Battle It Out in Azerbaijan-BY   JAMES M. DORSEY The bitter rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is going on a trip outside the Middle East. It’s the pot calling the kettle black. As Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of seeking to encircle the kingdom with its support for …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 9 Hadi Bahadori, the representative of the Urmia city in an interview with the stated news agency said:” Some dams of West Azerbaijan are overflowing but, government would not allow to release of water from dams to Lake Urmia.” Bahadori added: “As a result of recent rainfall, the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 1 During the last decade, at least seven hills of the historic treasury of South Azerbaijan have been plundered by the profiteers of Iranian Regime. The cultural and historical treasures of Azerbaijan are still plundering. One of the historical desert of South Azerbaijan “Qum Tapeh” region is on …