Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 17 A recent racist remark by the Minister of education against non-Persian ethnics who lives in Iran geography has sparked a sharp reaction from social network users and national and political activists. Mohammad Bhtohei the minister of Education at the meeting of the undergraduate elementary education …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 17 Nader Gazipour, the representative of the people of Urmia, Strongly criticized the persistence of discrimination against the Turks in Iran in the open session of Iran Islamic parliament on Wednesday 16th of May 2018. Nader Gazipour, during the asking question from Iran’s Minister of Culture  in …

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 …

21 AZER – A MOMENTOUS POPULAR MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AZERBAIJAN- By:Akram Rahimli The 21 Azer* movement (the 12 December 1945 revolution) is seen as the culmination of the national-democratic movement in Southern Azerbaijan (Iran). The Mashruta revolution of the early 20th century (1905-1911) and the subsequent Khiyabani movement (1917-1920) were …

Azerbaijanis remain skeptical of Rouhani’s Tabriz visit- By:Farzin Farzad Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was in the city of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, on May 20 to garner support for the nuclear negotiations, as a predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani crowd of 40,000 gathered in Takhti Stadium to watch Rouhani speak of national unity and express his …

South Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison “They removed my tongue, when they saw I did not speak”  “They spread quince oil on my body and set rats on me”  Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. “I was made to stand for …