Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 22 Today, August 22, marks the 18th anniversary of the death of Azerbaijan’s former President Abulfaz Elchibey, one of the great leaders of National Freedom Movement. Mr. Elchibey was born on June 24, 1938, in the small town of Keleki in Ordubad District. In 1957, he …
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North Azerbaijan to host 2019 session of World Heritage Committee
Baku, North Azerbaijan,Aug 14 North Azerbaijan‘s President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on Aug. 9 to establish the Organizing Committee in connection with holding the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku in 2019. According to Trend the North Azerbaijan news agency, the Organizing Committee consists of its …
Read More »Imam Maulvi: The Tragedy of Raping Girls in Iranshahr never been Forgotten
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 12 Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi son of a prominent Scholar and the Imam of the central Mosque of Rask city said in Friday sermons: “ we will not forget the tragedy of raping girls in Iranshahr city, the place of OPPRESSOR and the OPPRESSED has been …
Read More »IRAN: RELEASE AZERBAIJANI TURKIC MINORITY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR PEACEFUL CULTURAL GATHERINGS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …
Read More »Massive Arrest of South Azerbaijan National Activists in Savalan Mountain
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 9 Dozens of South Azerbaijan National and civil right Activists were arrested by agents of the Revolutionary Guard Corps known as “ETELAAT” in the Savalan Mountains and taken to an unknown location on 9th Aug. According to GAMAC “Southern Azerbaijan National Liberation Front” quoted from Gunaz …
Read More »East Turkestan: China’s Human Rights Abuses Against Uyghurs Ignored by Muslim World
China’s ongoing mistreatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority continues to escape the headlines, including in Muslim-majority nations. Although the forced assimilation campaign targets the Uyghurs’ culture and religion amongst other human rights violations, they have received no support from other Muslim populations; common critics of Islamophobia and abuses against Muslim …
Read More »Iran Central Bank Deputy Chief Detained Ahead Of Reimposed U.S. Sanctions
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 …
Read More »Protests and Demonstrations of People Continue in Different Cities of Iran
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 5 Demonstrations to protest the cost of living, extortion, corruption, wages that gone unpaid, shortages in water and electricity in Iran have spread to Isfahan, in the center of the country, and many other cities in the sixth consecutive day. Protest gatherings are taking place in …
Read More »Armenian Politician Calls for Return of Occupied lands to North Azerbaijan
North Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug 4 Member of the Armenian National Congress Zoya Tadevosyan stated the necessity of Armenia’s withdrawing from the occupied territory of North Azerbaijan. She made this statement during the recent meeting with reporters. Tadevosyan noted that the occupied seven regions around Nagorno-Karabakh, which the Armenian side calls “liberated” …
Read More »South Azerbaijan National Activist Transferred to Addicts and the Thieves Row in Mughan Prison
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 3 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Mr. Kiumars Islami the South Azerbaijan national and civil right activist was transferred to addicts and the thieves row by the order of the head of Mughan Prison. The South Azerbaijani activist after the hunger strike has been …
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