Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, June 25 Five South Azerbaijan national and civil rights activists who were visiting Tabriz to attend the funeral procession of Hassan Damirchi (Hassan Agha Azerbaijan) were arrested along the way of Tehran-Tabriz. According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), at least …
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Three South Azerbaijani National and Civil Right Activists Were Sentenced to Jail and Flogging
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 10 Three South Azerbaijani national and civil right activists were sentenced to jail and flogging because of attending at “Babak Castle” ceremony. These three South Azerbaijani activists have sentenced to “Four months of imprisonment and 40 lashes” during unfair judgments of the Iranian judiciary court in Kaleybar city. …
Read More »Wrong ruling in case of two South Azerbaijani civil rights activists
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Jun 28 Branch 7 of the Appeals Court in Eastern Azerbaijan province for correction cases of Hussein Ali Mohammadi and Taha Kermani referred to lower court. According to report of HRANA (Human Right Activist News Agency), on Monday 22th of June 2015, Branch 7 of the Appeals Court in Eastern Azerbaijan …
Read More »Iran Denounces Environmental Issues and Human Rights Violations in South Azerbaijan
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 …
Read More »South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution;Identity, Society, and Regional Security
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 …
Read More »Turkish Books are Still Distributed in South Azerbaijan- Ardabil city
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 3 Many Turkish books were distributed by South Azerbaijan civil right activist in Ardabil city. Large distribution of Turkish books have started from beginning of the academic year in Iran (two weeks ago). It should be highlighted that this Campaign welcomed by the students who live in Ardabil …
Read More »Exacerbation of Pressure on Well-Known South Azerbaijan Activist Abbas Lisani and His Family
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 29 Exacerbation of pressure on Abbas Lisani and his family has increased by Iran intelligence service known as “Ettelaat”. According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Ardabil Public Administration Supervisory Authority has blocked all economic activity of Ali lisani (Attila), son of …
Read More »Continuation of Unawareness of the South Azerbaijan National Activist Ibrahim Nouri in Evin Prison
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Aug 28 There is no absolute news about the situation of the South Azerbaijan national and civil right activist Ibrahim Nouri after 2 months. The family of this South Azerbaijan Turk activist can’t receive any information about the health condition of this activist more than 2 months. According …
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 …
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