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 16 The non-Persian population like South Azerbaijan people in Iran geography has faced many problems that were accumulated even before the establishment of the Iran Islamic republic. The demands of the oppressed minorities surfaced immediately after the overthrow of the Shah regime in 1979. unfortunately, South Azerbaijan people witnessed …

Baku, North Azerbaijan, Oct 10 The South Azerbaijan anima filmmakers have released three animations, four screenplays and one referee at the first Baku international animation festival in North Azerbaijan. The selection panel of the ANIMAFILM First Baku International Animation Festival announces the list of animated films and screenplays that will be …

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 …

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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 4 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Three South Azerbaijan national and civil right activists with the name of Kiumars Islami, Faraj Nouri, Morteza Yazdani were arrested in Ahar, Mughan, and Urmia respectively. And the number of detainees and the threat of detention reached …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 2 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), many South Azerbaijani activists have arrested on the eve of the Babak Castle ceremony in different cities of South Azerbaijan by  Iranian regime intelligence office on Monday 2nd of  July 2018. The name of some South Azerbaijan national and …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Apr 25 The member of Iran’s parliament Mr. Nader Gazipour at a public session of the parliament on 25 of April says:”  the government allows Armenian to have demonstration  but does not allow the Iranian workers to use the same right.” He also added : “according to  …