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 …

  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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 6 Ali Samadpour, poet and South Azerbaijan National activist condemned the decomposition policy of the Iranian regime against the territory of the South Azerbaijan region and the Heyran Mountain Pass. He said: The Heyran Mountain Pass is considered as an integral part of the South Azerbaijan …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Apr 20 In recent days, a number of artists, reporters and intellectual  from different part of Iran specially South Azerbaijan region  have supported  the legal demands of the South Azerbaijan people. Azerbaijani artist and actor Mr. Babak Nahrin reacted to the separation of the Heyran Mountain Pass …

 Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 20  The holiday of Novruz is celebrated in both South and North Azerbaijan on March 20. Novruz is associated with the coming of the spring equinox and symbolizes the arrival of spring, which this year in Azerbaijan according to the Shamakhi observatory will come today 20:15 for …

Ankara,Turkey,Mar 2 The second international symposium of Khojaly genocide and regional security  was held with the participation of Dr. Karim Asghari as the representative of South Azerbaijan at the University of Giresun- Turkey. According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), The second international symposium of Khojaly genocide and regional security  was …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 18 The US Congress will report on the Transparency Law of the Islamic Republic’s leaders in three common languages in the geography of Iran, including the Azerbaijani Turkish language. The US representatives house approved a plan on Wednesday (13th December). According to it, the treasury department should publish …

21 AZER – A MOMENTOUS POPULAR MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AZERBAIJAN- By:Akram Rahimli The 21 Azer* movement (the 12 December 1945 revolution) is seen as the culmination of the national-democratic movement in Southern Azerbaijan (Iran). The Mashruta revolution of the early 20th century (1905-1911) and the subsequent Khiyabani movement (1917-1920) were …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 5 Mr. Seyed Hadi Bahadori, the representative of the Urmia city in the Iranian Parliament has reacted to the reportage of  the Sharg newspaper (A newspaper near reformist politicians) with Massey Milan(Fake Foreign Minister of the Republic of Karabakh). Seyed Hadi Bahadori  said:” The Sharg newspaper interview was …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Oct.31 Thousands of South Azerbaijan people and fan of TRACTOR SAZI TABRIZ  have subjected to the racist decision of Iranian federation against Mehdi Kiaani the Tractor Sazi  football team‘s Captain on 29 Oct 2017. A widespread wave of protests get organized on social media, especially on Instagram pages with …