Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 5 Mr. François Sénémaud, the ambassador of France in Tehran has visited Tabriz  one of the historical cities of South Azerbaijan. He visited the Tabriz central museum and many different historical palaces. He also visited the Tabriz carpets in Tabriz carpet exhibition and stated: “ the most famous …

Biography of Sattar Khan (The Azerbaijani National Commander)  Sattar Khan (The Azerbaijani National Commander)  was born orn at Janali village of Garadag province in 1868 in a merchant family. Sattar khan had became a great general of the Mashruts movement which took place in 1905-11. Sattar Khan, who was heading the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 4  Many South Azerbaijani national activists from Tehran, Karaj, Urmia and Tabriz cites were gathered for the Fateha and pay tribute to grave of Sattar Khan (the Azerbaijani National Commander) in anniversary of Death.However, Police and intelligence forces  prevented the activists to continue the death anniversary ceremony at the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 2 The Tabnak site (an official website of Iran Regime) published a news, confessed that the Lake Urmia was deliberately dying by government which will cause huge numbers of immigration. The site stated that the people of the northwest residing in the territory of Azerbaijan will immigrate to …

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov 1 Turkey–Azerbaijan relations are at the highest level and at the highest peak, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev told the sixth meeting of the Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, held with participation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Baku on October 31. Addressing the meeting, President Aliyev …

ISTANBUL,Turkey,Nov 1 After fleeing the Assad regime, Syria‘s first astronaut builds a new life in Istanbul. The first Syrian astronaut, referring to receiving suggestions from some countries for scientific cooperation He wanted to use his experiences in Turkey, his second home. According to a report by Anadolu Agency, the first …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jun 28  Branch 7 of the Appeals Court in Eastern Azerbaijan province for correction  cases of Hussein Ali Mohammadi and Taha Kermani   referred  to  lower court. According to report of HRANA (Human Right Activist News Agency), on Monday 22th of June 2015, Branch 7 of the Appeals Court in Eastern Azerbaijan …

  Some local governments and institutes have posted notices in China’s restive Xinjiang province banning students and civil servants from taking part in traditional fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Experts on the region say although the orders are not new, they run the risk of reinforcing recent tensions. …

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 …

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 …