Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 9 Hadi Bahadori, the representative of the Urmia city in an interview with the stated news agency said:” Some dams of West Azerbaijan are overflowing but, government would not allow to release of water from dams to Lake Urmia.” Bahadori added: “As a result of recent rainfall, the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 4 Bahraini security forces informed  on Saturday that they had arrested 116 people accused of belonging to a “terror” cell allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,Times of Israeli reported. An official statement on state news agency BNA said that security services had in the process thwarted a number …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 3 Russian consulate general Mr. Konstantin Alexyev on a trip to Tabriz said: “Tabriz is a very important city and we are interested in establishing a consulate in this city.” The establishing Russian consulate in Tabriz can help Iran-Russia relations in positive way. The Russian official during a meeting …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 27 According to Iran Water Resources Management Company, Currently, there are 64 dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia. Another 27 dam is under construction. The bridge between Urmia Lake is named  as the first factor of drying lake. Also, creating dams in the watershed of Lake Urmia …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 24 Coinciding with the “International Day of Mother language”, a number of South Azerbaijani students have opened  a “Mother tongue” placard to demand studying  in their native language. A number of students from different universities of South Azerbaijan, including Tabriz, Zanjan and Tikan Tepeh (Tekab) have shown civil …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 21 The UNESCO Organization has published Mother Language Day‘s posts on its official Instagram and Twitter page in recent days, which faced  with thousands of comments of  South Azerbaijani people. UNESCO’s official pages on social networks broadcast images emphasizing the necessity  of education of children in their mother …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 14  Bahrain has ordered 17,000 English school textbooks reprinted for labeling the body of water surrounding the Arab island kingdom as the “Persian Gulf”, a political taboo, state news agency BNA reported on Monday.  Bahrain and the other U.S.-allied Gulf Arab states resent the term, which is commonly …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 12 According Human Rights Watch (HRW), 18-year-old Amirhossein Pourjafa was hanged on 4 January in the northern town of Karaj for the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl when he was 16. On 30 January, 20-year-old Mahboubeh Mofidi of Nowshahr – married off at 13 was executed …

Why Russia remains neutral in the conflict between Israel and Iran-By Gilles Murciano In the confrontation between Israel and Iran, Syria is becoming the arena of military operations. On whose support can count Tel Aviv,  Gilles Murciano  the expert on the Middle East expressed. The confrontation between Israel and Iran has …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 8 Masoud Tajrishi, the Director Urmia Lake Revival Headquarters stated that Turkey, Japan, South Korea and Germany announced their cooperation for revival of lake Urmia. Mr. Masoud Tajrishi in an interview with ISNA said:” There are suggestions and projects from Turkey for improving agricultural conditions of the region. …