Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Apr 2 Mr. Ismail Babai the Director of the representative office of  Iranian foreign ministry in East Azarbaijan, has called for the establishment of a German consulate and revival of the Russian Consulate in Tabriz city. According to Ismail Babai, quoted by state news agency (Tabriz 2018 ), the statistics are …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 16 South Azerbaijan National –civil right activists have distributed hundreds of Turkish books among  Ardabil ‘s  citizens  on the eve of the New Year. The South Azerbaijan national activists were giving out Turkish leaflets and books  to everyone  in order to understand the importance and necessity of  mother …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 27 According to Iran Water Resources Management Company, Currently, there are 64 dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia. Another 27 dam is under construction. The bridge between Urmia Lake is named  as the first factor of drying lake. Also, creating dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jan 6 A large number of South Azerbaijani students were arrested from various universities of South Azerbaijan cities, especially Tabriz University and Urmia University on Friday demonstration . The students were transferred to unknown locations by Iran regime’s Security officers. Following the protests in most cities of Iran, Security …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 7 At least eight Iranian border guardsmen were killed  in the incidents occurred in the children border area  on Friday evening 3 Nov. the incidents happened when  a group of Kurdish PJAK militants attacked their posts in the Chaldran region located in the western countryside of the West …

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 …

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, Sep 16 A South Azerbaijani Turkish citizen from Malekan city was severely beaten by the security forces of Binab city and lost his life as a result of torture. According to Gunaz Tv  (the official media of South Azerbaijan), “Hojat-Egtesadi” from South Azerbaijan- Malekan city was arrested and killed by …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 2 A video report from South Azerbaijan –Urmia city the “heart of South Azerbaijan” shows that unemployment and poverty in various parts of South Azerbaijan are going increased day by day. The Video files which posted on social media shows that all interviewers say they are unemployed …

  South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security-By Emil Aslan Souleimanov and Josef Kraus Iranian Azerbaijanis have historically been considered the country’s most loyal ethno-linguistic 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 …