Why Iranian Women Are Taking Off Their Head Scarves-By NAHID SIAMDOUST On Dec. 27, Vida Movahed stood bareheaded on a utility box on one of Tehran’s busiest thoroughfares, waving her white head scarf on a stick. Within days, images of the 31-year-old, who was detained and then released a few weeks …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jan 2 Over the years, ideological and discriminatory policies of Persia’s chauvinist regime across south Azerbaijan people  have caused  economic and national crises in the region. Consequently, these policies of the Iran regime have led mass protests  across Iran, especially in South Azerbaijan in recent days. It’s ongoing now. Following …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 19 Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) announced on Tuesday that the agency imposed a credit ban on Iran’s Bank Sepah for violating the country’s credit law. Bank Sepah was previously sanctioned for its role in aiding Tehran’s missile program. Sabine Reimer, a BaFin spokeswoman, told The Jerusalem Post on …

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 …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jun 25 The US-based Azeri-Iranian channel GünAz TV, whose mandate is to create awareness of the plight of Azeri people living in northern Iran, is working to return to Türksat after its sudden removal from the satellite in 2006. In an exclusive interview with Today’s Zaman, Ahmed Obalı, the …