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 …
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Iranian Regime executed three child offenders in January 2018
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 12 According Human Rights Watch (HRW), 18-year-old Amirhossein Pourjafa was hanged on 4 January in the northern town of Karaj for the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl when he was 16. On 30 January, 20-year-old Mahboubeh Mofidi of Nowshahr – married off at 13 was executed …
Read More »Declaration of the Existence of the Iranian Terrorist Group in North Azerbaijan
Baku, North Azerbaijan, Dec 29 A terrorist group affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps with name of Islamic resistance councils in mourning Husseiniya “المقاومه الاسلامیه فی المجالس العزاء الحسینیه” declared it’s existence in North Azerbaijan. 7 of the members of this terrorist group had a secret trip to North …
Read More »The Us Congress Recognizes the Azerbaijani Turkish Language in Iran
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 18 The US Congress will report on the Transparency Law of the Islamic Republic’s leaders in three common languages in the geography of Iran, including the Azerbaijani Turkish language. The US representatives house approved a plan on Wednesday (13th December). According to it, the treasury department should publish …
Read More »83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 15 In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic. The resolution by the UN’s Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs, while …
Read More »34 Civil Society Organizations Urge Unga Member States to Support Resolution on Human Rights in Iran
Thirty-four Iranian and international NGOs, including the Association for the Human Rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran (AHRAZ), have sent a joint letter to UN General Assembly member states urging them to support Resolution A/C.3/72/L.41, on human rights in Iran, which will be voted on next week before the …
Read More »The South Azerbaijan question and its implications for Iranian national identity
THE SOUTH AZERBAIJAN QUESTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR IRANIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY- By:Alberto Priego, PhD Research From University of London, SOAS Since the establishment of the Republic of Azerbaijan after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijanis living in Iran have developed a stronger ethno-national identity, and that development has affected Tehran’s domestic …
Read More »Isa Kalantari: in the Year 1998,We Knew the Drying of the Urmia lake
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. …
Read More »Will the Mullahs’ Regime See Its 40th Anniversary?
Will the Mullahs’ Regime See Its 40th Anniversary? By-Boris Gulko Until recently, Iran was lucky. It was approaching domination in the Middle East. In addition to Lebanon, Iran controlled Iraq, Syria, and the Iranian client has been successful in the civil war in Yemen. A common idea is needed to …
Read More »Execution of an Azerbaijani Turk in Isfahan Prison
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 20 According to Iran Human Rights Organization, A South Azerbaijani prisoner was executed in Isfahan Central Prison on Sunday morning 13th of May 2018. Jafar Firoozkhani from Hashtrud city charged with murder and sentenced to death in the general court of Najaf Abad city. Jafar Firoozkhani …
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