AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …
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The Racist Remarks of the Minister of Education against Non-Persian People
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 …
Read More »Strong criticism of the representative of Urmia for discrimination against 40 million Turks in Iran
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 …
Read More »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 »The Protests Of Thousands South Azerbaijani People on the Official Page of the UNESCO
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 21 The UNESCO Organization has published Mother Language Day‘s posts on its official Instagram and Twitter page in recent days, which faced with thousands of comments of South Azerbaijani people. UNESCO’s official pages on social networks broadcast images emphasizing the necessity of education of children in their mother …
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 »Widespread Wall Painting Of South Azerbaijani National Activists In Ardebil
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 1 Many South Azerbaijani National Activists have painted walls of streets and crowded place in Ardebil in order to demand basic and national rights of the Turks in Iran. These activists demand the education of the Azerbaijani Turkic language which is the basic right of every human to …
Read More »Azerbaijanis remain skeptical of Rouhani’s Tabriz visit
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 …
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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