Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 22 Today is the twelfth anniversary of the bloody uprising of South Azerbaijani people against Fars Chauvinism on 22nd of May 2006. Following years of mistreatment and discrimination at the hands of the Iranian government, on May 12, 2006, an Iranian newspaper with the name of “IRAN …
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Saudi Arabia and Iran Battle It Out in Azerbaijan
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 …
Read More »Death to Khamenei: Anti-Government Protests Continue in Iran (Video)
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 30 Anti-government protests continued in Iran for a second day on Friday as thousands took to the streets angry at price increases as well as money spent propping up Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and neighbor countries . The protests continue in many Iranian cities. Thousands of people chanted slogans “Death …
Read More »Drying of Lake Urmia and It’s Relation in Air Pollution of South Azerbaijan
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 24 Mr. Behrouz Sari the Director of Climatology of Tabriz University expressing that more than 90% of the Lake Urmia has dried up and Confirmed: “There is a meaningful connection between the dust emission of Lake and Air Pollution of Azerbaijan regions.” Mr. Behrouz Sari added that according …
Read More »21 AZER – A MOMENTOUS POPULAR MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AZERBAIJAN
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 …
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 »Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison
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 …
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