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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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 »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 »Ardabil: A meeting of South Azerbaijan National activists with Abbas Lisani
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 20 A group of South Azerbaijani activists in Ardabil city met with Mr. Abbas Lisani, the prominent Azerbaijani national activist. According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Mr. Abbas Lisani arrested on the eve of the Babak Castle ceremony by Iranian regime intelligence office and transferred to Tabriz Central Prison …
Read More »South Azerbaijan Question in Evolution: Identity, Society, and Regional Security
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 …
Read More »The 12th Anniversary of the Bloody Uprising of the South Azerbaijani People against Fascism on May 2006
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 22 Today is the twelfth anniversary of the bloody uprising of South Azerbaijani people against Fars Chauvinism on 22nd of May 2006. Following years of mistreatment and discrimination at the hands of the Iranian government, on May 12, 2006, an Iranian newspaper with the name of “IRAN …
Read More »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 »83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran
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 …
Read More »Widespread Wall Painting Of South Azerbaijani National Activists In Ardebil
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 1 Many South Azerbaijani National Activists have painted walls of streets and crowded place in Ardebil in order to demand basic and national rights of the Turks in Iran. These activists demand the education of the Azerbaijani Turkic language which is the basic right of every human to …
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 …
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