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 …

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, …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 29 A group of South Azerbaijan national activists of Qazvin city has fluttered the flag of the South Azerbaijan National Movement in this city. The flag of the South Azerbaijan National Movement was waving on on the historical monument of the “Gate of Tehran” in Qazvin …

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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 15 South Azerbaijan national activists unfurled   a banner with a content of “Cursing Khomeini, Death to Khamenei “at the Kasai Expressway in South Azerbaijan-Tabriz city. The banner “Damn Khomeini, Death to Khamenei”, which is about 10 meters in length, which hanged on Friday (June 16th) at …

  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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 9 The pattern of displacement of the population of Iran shows that all areas of South Azerbaijan are faced with a population migration crisis. The Iranian Statistics Center traces the number of “Provincial Immigration” from 2011 to 1395 in the form of an info-graphic. According to …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 20 According to Iran Human Rights Organization, A South Azerbaijani prisoner was executed in Isfahan Central Prison on Sunday morning 13th of May 2018. Jafar Firoozkhani from Hashtrud city charged with murder and sentenced to death in the general court of Najaf Abad city. Jafar Firoozkhani …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 17 Nader Gazipour, the representative of the people of Urmia, Strongly criticized the persistence of discrimination against the Turks in Iran in the open session of Iran Islamic parliament on Wednesday 16th of May 2018. Nader Gazipour, during the asking question from Iran’s Minister of Culture  in …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 6 Ali Samadpour, poet and South Azerbaijan National activist condemned the decomposition policy of the Iranian regime against the territory of the South Azerbaijan region and the Heyran Mountain Pass. He said: The Heyran Mountain Pass is considered as an integral part of the South Azerbaijan …