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 …

Ankara, Turkey, July 22 There are many factors that make some countries better study abroad destinations than others for Iranian students. The cost of university, living expenses, the local language, ranking of the university, visa access and the possibility of job opportunities and immigration are some considerations for Iranian students …

WASHINGTON, US, May 2 A young Turkish woman joined nine other youth leaders from around the world at the State Department Friday to be recognized for their “efforts as partners for peace and drivers of economic growth and opportunity”. Ece Ciftci and her fellow recipients from Iraq, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Lithuania, Pakistan, …

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jun 25 APA reports that the article titled “Azerbaijan, oil and the 21st century” says South Caucasus country Azerbaijan is known as an ancient Silk Road country. “I visited a Muslim mosque constructed 800 years ago and the touched walls of Baku’s “Old City,” a walled fortress from which …

WASHINGTON, U.S. Nov 2 Donald Trump has referenced hit television show Game of Thrones in a tweet about reinstating sanctions against Iran. The montage consists of a photo of himself, clad in his usual dark suit, white button-down shirt and red tie, with the words: “Sanctions are coming” scribbled across the image. It is a reference …

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 …

Sources report that the authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are secretly transferring Muslim Uyghurs to other prisons throughout China. The reasons for the transfer are thought to be a lack of capacity to host the vast amount of prisoners, prevention of unrest in Xinjiang and the creation of …

Ankara, Turkey, Sep 1 At least 19 PKK terrorists were “neutralized” by Turkish airstrikes on Friday in northern Iraq, an official statement said. Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured. The terrorists were neutralized by …

Ankara,Turkey,Aug 16 The PKK terror group’s Syrian affiliate the People’s Protection Units (YPG) is recruiting children from displacement camps in the country’s northeast in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said Friday. According to Daily Sabah news agency, Thousands of people live in camps scattered across parts of Syria …

WASHINGTON, U.S. July 24 It would be easy to write off President Donald Trump’s bellicose tweet threatening Iran Monday morning as a bit of “wag the dog,” a diversionary tactic to blunt criticism of his fawning treatment of Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, or from the news that his lawyer may possess embarrassing tapes with his voice. …