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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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 »Iranian Government Officials Avoid the release of South Azerbaijan Activist Mr. Jafar Rostami-rad
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 26 “Jafar Rostami-Rad” the South Azerbaijan national activist has not released yet after 25 days of his arrestment. Mr. Jafar Rostami-rad was transferred to the general row of Evin Prison in Tehran. It should be noted that Many South Azerbaijani activists including Mr. Jafar Rostami-Rad have arrested …
Read More »A Group of South Azerbaijani Activists Met With Abbas Lisani in Tabriz after His Temporary Release on Bail
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 14 Mr. Abbas Lisani, a prominent Azerbaijani national activist, was released on bail from Tabriz Central Prison on Saturday, 14th July 2018. Abbas Lisani, the Azerbaijani national activist after 12 days of arrest, was released on bail of 50 million Tomans from Tabriz Central Prison. The …
Read More »Well Known South Azerbaijan National Activist Mr. Abbas Lisani Transferred to the Tabriz Intelligence Office
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 7 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), South Azerbaijan National activist Mr. Abbas Lisani transferred to the Tabriz intelligence office on Friday 6th of July 2018. It should be noted that ,Mr. Abbas Lisani arrested by security forces at his work in Ardabil on …
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 »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 …
Read More »South Azerbaijani National Poet: “The Heyran Mountain Pass is the Heart of Azerbaijan”
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 6 Ali Samadpour, poet and South Azerbaijan National activist condemned the decomposition policy of the Iranian regime against the territory of the South Azerbaijan region and the Heyran Mountain Pass. He said: The Heyran Mountain Pass is considered as an integral part of the South Azerbaijan …
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