Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 3 A park in Kazan city of Tatarstan was named after Tabriz”, said Mir Etemad Emadi, the general manager of Public & international relations of Tabriz municipality . Following the articles of sisterhood contract between Tabriz and Kazan, the municipal administrators of two cities were committed to name one …

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 …

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, Nov 5 According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv  (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Hakimeh Ahmadi and Nasim Sadeghi, two South Azerbaijani activists were arrested in late October 2018, and beaten, tortured by security forces known as “Ettelaat”. Iran’s Ettelaat agents crush, two ribs and fingers of Hakimeh Ahmadi …

WASHINGTON, U.S. Nov 2 Donald Trump has referenced hit television show Game of Thrones in a tweet about reinstating sanctions against Iran. The montage consists of a photo of himself, clad in his usual dark suit, white button-down shirt and red tie, with the words: “Sanctions are coming” scribbled across the image. It is a reference …

Ankara, Turkey, Oct 29 Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is opening what he claims will eventually become the world’s largest airport on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s establishment as a republic. Tens of thousands of workers have been scrambling to finish the airport to meet Mr. Erdogan’s 29 October deadline. However, its launch on Monday is symbolic with only limited …

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 …