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 …
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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 »The Baku-Astara highway was opened with the participation of the North Azerbaijani President
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 20 ‘Baku–Astara road was already 243 kilometers, whose length has extended to 204 kilometers as the new highway, being 38 kilometers shorter than the previous one, connected to it,’ said Saleh Mohammadof, head of North Azerbaijani Roads department in connection with the construction of the highway. …
Read More »Eighteen years pass since great leader’s Abulfaz Elchibey’s death
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 22 Today, August 22, marks the 18th anniversary of the death of Azerbaijan’s former President Abulfaz Elchibey, one of the great leaders of National Freedom Movement. Mr. Elchibey was born on June 24, 1938, in the small town of Keleki in Ordubad District. In 1957, he …
Read More »IRAN: RELEASE AZERBAIJANI TURKIC MINORITY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR PEACEFUL CULTURAL GATHERINGS
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 …
Read More »East Turkestan: China’s Human Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs Ignored by Muslim World
China’s ongoing mistreatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority continues to escape the headlines, including in Muslim-majority nations. Although the forced assimilation campaign targets the Uyghurs’ culture and religion amongst other human rights violations, they have received no support from other Muslim populations; common critics of Islamophobia and abuses against Muslim …
Read More »Iran Central Bank Deputy Chief Detained Ahead Of Reimposed U.S. Sanctions
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 6 Iranian authorities have detained a deputy Central Bank governor amid street protests over the country’s economic difficulties, state-run media report, as Iran prepares to face a return of U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. A spokesman for the judiciary was quoted …
Read More »Trump’s loud tweet was part of a detailed strategy to squeeze Iran
WASHINGTON, U.S. July 24 It would be easy to write off President Donald Trump’s bellicose tweet threatening Iran Monday morning as a bit of “wag the dog,” a diversionary tactic to blunt criticism of his fawning treatment of Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, or from the news that his lawyer may possess embarrassing tapes with his voice. …
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 »The 12th Anniversary of the Bloody Uprising of the South Azerbaijani People against Fascism on May 2006
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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