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 …
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South Azerbaijani Women’s Support Azerbaijani Political Prisoners
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 2 South Azerbaijani women announced their support for the Azerbaijani political prisoners with carrying banners on their hand. The South Azerbaijani national and civil right women in various parts of the city of Qosha-Chai have shown their protest against the Suppression policies of the Iranian regime …
Read More »A Group of South Azerbaijani Activists Met With Abbas Lisani in Tabriz after His Temporary Release on Bail
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 14 Mr. Abbas Lisani, a prominent Azerbaijani national activist, was released on bail from Tabriz Central Prison on Saturday, 14th July 2018. Abbas Lisani, the Azerbaijani national activist after 12 days of arrest, was released on bail of 50 million Tomans from Tabriz Central Prison. The …
Read More »Expansion of anti-Iranian demonstrations from Basra to other cities of Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, July 13 Two more demonstrators were killed in southern Iraq, officials said, as protests against unemployment spread on Saturday from the port city of Basra to other parts of the country including Baghdad. Authorities scrambled to rein in days of unrest by declaring a curfew in Basra province, …
Read More »The Situation of some Babak Castle Detainees still Unknown
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 11 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), most of the detainees of the Babak Castle ceremony were released on Heavy bail. The status of 16 South Azerbaijani activists is still unclear. Abbas Lisani, Ibrahim Nouri, Jafar Rostami, Kiumars Islami, Sahand Maali, Abbas Nikrvan, Mortaza Yazdani, …
Read More »Mr.Gazipour were Demanding the release of Detainees of Babek Castle
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 9 The representative of the Urmia city urged the chairman of the East Azerbaijan judiciary to release of the detainees of the Babak Castle. Following the protest of the Azerbaijani Turks, Nader Gazipour, the representative of the Urmia, reacted to the illegal detention of South Azerbaijani …
Read More »Graffiti in Ardabil & Urmia for the Annual “Babak Castle” Ceremony (Photo )
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 26 Most of the walls in Ardabil and Urmia cites are daubed with graffiti by South Azerbaijan national activists. They called the Turks of South Azerbaijan to attend the annual ceremony of “Babak castle“. On the night of Tuesday, July 5, 97, South Azerbaijan activists, with …
Read More »South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security
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 …
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 …
Read More »Ahmad Obali in an interview with VOA: The People of Azerbaijan Agree with the Recent Decision of Trump
Washington, US, May 19 Mr. Ahmad Obali, founder, and director of Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), In an interview with the Voice of America, expressed about the economic and political effects of sanctions against Tehran after the withdrawal of the United States from nuclear deal. In an interview on May 19, 2018, …
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