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 …

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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Nov 20 The Sexual Assault of  Salman Khodadadi  Iranian  MP  has revealed in Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan)  live program with the name of “165 minutes” on Monday 19th of  November 2018. Ms. Zahra Navidpour has released a document in two languages (Farsi &Turkish) describing how …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Nov 6 UNPO submitted a report on Iran to UPR Info, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This report is published three years after the Islamic Republic’s last UPR review in 2014 and looks at the country’s dismal record when it comes to environmental …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 28 Every 23 September 2018 is the first day for school in Iran. Unfortunately, the first day for children from national minorities is not an enjoyable experience. It is a day when minority students experience their first cultural and language shock at the age of seven. They …

South Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethnolinguistic minority. Predominantly Shiite, with religion being the most important source of collective identity, Turkophone Azerbaijanis had until the 1920s provided numerous dynasties to the Persian thrones. The rise of nationalism in the 20th century gradually breached the image of South …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 26 Araz Amani, an 11-year-old South Azerbaijan national activist, the son of well-known activist Gholamreza Amani was arrested by Iranian regime intelligence forces Over the tomb of his father on Wednesday 24 October 2018. Mohammad Kamrani, Sajjad Afroozian, Araz and Amir Amani, Saadallah Sassani, Nasim Sadeghi, Reza …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 3 Many Turkish books were distributed by South Azerbaijan civil right activist in Ardabil city. Large distribution of Turkish books have started from beginning of the academic year in Iran (two weeks ago). It should be highlighted that this Campaign welcomed by the students who live in Ardabil …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 28 The latest NASA image from the second largest salt lake “Urmia lake” shows that this lake is drying completely. These days, concerns about the destruction of Lake Urmia has become an international issue and an environmental crisis. Gary Lewis, the UN‘s representative in Iran, also expressed …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 22 A group of gunmen opened fire on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, killing several people and wounding at least 20 more, local and state news agencies reported. Videos of the attack published online and by local media outlets show …