Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 28 Every 23 September 2018 is the first day for school in Iran. Unfortunately, the first day for children from national minorities is not an enjoyable experience. It is a day when minority students experience their first cultural and language shock at the age of seven. They …

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 26 Araz Amani, an 11-year-old South Azerbaijan national activist, the son of well-known activist Gholamreza Amani was arrested by Iranian regime intelligence forces Over the tomb of his father on Wednesday 24 October 2018. Mohammad Kamrani, Sajjad Afroozian, Araz and Amir Amani, Saadallah Sassani, Nasim Sadeghi, Reza …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 25 One of the Iranian Government News Agency used the national flag of the South Azerbaijan National movement for covering the news about the rescue Iranian sailors by the Coast Guard of North Azerbaijan. The official news agency “Borna” affiliated to the Ministry of Sports and Youth …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, Oct 23 President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked the President of the Republic of North Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in connection with the construction of the Star refinery, the Turkish media reported citing Erdogan’s speech at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development …

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 …

Sources report that the authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are secretly transferring Muslim Uyghurs to other prisons throughout China. The reasons for the transfer are thought to be a lack of capacity to host the vast amount of prisoners, prevention of unrest in Xinjiang and the creation of …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, Oct 10 The South Azerbaijan anima filmmakers have released three animations, four screenplays and one referee at the first Baku international animation festival in North Azerbaijan. The selection panel of the ANIMAFILM First Baku International Animation Festival announces the list of animated films and screenplays that will be …

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, submits his first report to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/30, following his appointment in July 2018. This initial report is based on consultations held with interlocutors in Geneva …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, Oct 5 The Turkish-German football star and Arsenal soccer player has released a post in Azerbaijani Turkish language on his Instagram page. Massoud Ozil, a world-famous footballer, during a trip to North Azerbaijan on Wednesday 3th of Oct , published a message in Azerbaijani Turkish language on his …