Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 6 At the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Intolerant Cultural Heritage Committee ,”Dolma”food was recorded in the name of Azerbaijan on the World Heritage List. UNESCO has recognized Azerbaijan’s dolma as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Permanent Delegate of Azerbaijan to UNESCO, Ambassador Anar Karimov tweeted on Dec. …

Domestic unrest: Iran’s worst nightmare-By: Keyvan Salami The threats posed by Iran in the Middle East through its support for terrorism, extremism and Islamic fundamentalism are undeniable. Its continued backing of various militias has established for Tehran a so-called Shiite crescent across the region. Growing domestic unrest, especially after the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 15 In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic. The resolution by the UN’s Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs, while …

Thirty-four Iranian and international NGOs, including the Association for the Human Rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran (AHRAZ), have sent a joint letter to UN General Assembly member states urging them to support Resolution A/C.3/72/L.41, on human rights in Iran, which will be voted on next week before the …

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 …

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jun 25 APA reports that the article titled “Azerbaijan, oil and the 21st century” says South Caucasus country Azerbaijan is known as an ancient Silk Road country. “I visited a Muslim mosque constructed 800 years ago and the touched walls of Baku’s “Old City,” a walled fortress from which …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Nov 15 A group of South Azerbaijan national activists in Tabriz city has fluttered the flag of the South Azerbaijan National Movement in a different part of the city. The video and pictures shows the civil action of the South Azerbaijan National Movement activists.  According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South …

Pakistan, China’s closest ally in the Muslim world, openly criticized its treatment of its Uighur population, a majority-Muslim ethnic minority living in the western Chinese region in Xinjiang, earlier this week. It marks the strongest condemnation of China’s repression of the population yet. Noorul Haq Qadri, Pakistan’s federal minister for …

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 …

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 …