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 …

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 28 The latest NASA image from the second largest salt lake “Urmia lake” shows that this lake is drying completely. These days, concerns about the destruction of Lake Urmia has become an international issue and an environmental crisis. Gary Lewis, the UN‘s representative in Iran, also expressed …

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 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. …

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,Dec 24 Mr. Behrouz  Sari the Director of Climatology of  Tabriz  University expressing that more than 90% of the Lake Urmia has dried up and Confirmed: “There is a meaningful connection between the dust emission   of Lake and Air Pollution of Azerbaijan regions.” Mr. Behrouz  Sari added that  according …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 19 According to the latest census of population and housing, more than 211 villages are at risk of depopulation and abandonment. Extensive migration from the villages of Ardebil province destroyed 211 villages in this province. Chairman of the Department of Economic Affairs of the Management and Planning Organization …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Dec 8 Water crisis in different parts of South Azerbaijan enters a new phase and this time the authorities announce the new environmental crises in South Azerbaijan-Zanjan city. General  directorate of  environmental protection of Zanjan Province stated that The Qizil-Uzen is drying day by day and  warning about the …

Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 2 The Tabnak site (an official website of Iran Regime) published a news, confessed that the Lake Urmia was deliberately dying by government which will cause huge numbers of immigration. The site stated that the people of the northwest residing in the territory of Azerbaijan will immigrate to …