Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, May 20 According to Iran Human Rights Organization, A South Azerbaijani prisoner was executed in Isfahan Central Prison on Sunday morning 13th of May 2018. Jafar Firoozkhani from Hashtrud city charged with murder and sentenced to death in the general court of Najaf Abad city. Jafar Firoozkhani …
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Nobel Laureates Want to Save South Azerbaijani Doctors From Execution by Regime
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Nov 28 Not only the European Union is trying to release the well-known South Azerbaijani medical practitioner Ahmad Reza Jalali. Also, Nobel Prize winners, including Elfriede Jelinek, are involved in the case. According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), the European Union has been involved in the case …
Read More »South Azerbaijan and other Ethnic Minorities Face Persecution, Sectarian Discrimination by Iranian Regime
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Oct 16 The non-Persian population like South Azerbaijan people in Iran geography has faced many problems that were accumulated even before the establishment of the Iran Islamic republic. The demands of the oppressed minorities surfaced immediately after the overthrow of the Shah regime in 1979. unfortunately, South Azerbaijan people witnessed …
Read More »Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, submits his first report to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/30, following his appointment in July 2018. This initial report is based on consultations held with interlocutors in Geneva …
Read More »Iranian Regime executed three child offenders in January 2018
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 12 According Human Rights Watch (HRW), 18-year-old Amirhossein Pourjafa was hanged on 4 January in the northern town of Karaj for the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl when he was 16. On 30 January, 20-year-old Mahboubeh Mofidi of Nowshahr – married off at 13 was executed …
Read More »Domestic unrest: Iran’s worst nightmare
Domestic unrest: Iran’s worst nightmare-By: Keyvan Salami The threats posed by Iran in the Middle East through its support for terrorism, extremism and Islamic fundamentalism are undeniable. Its continued backing of various militias has established for Tehran a so-called Shiite crescent across the region. Growing domestic unrest, especially after the …
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 »Assassination of one of The Ahwazi Arab Leaders and Political Activists in Netherlands
The distinguished Ahwazi Arab political activist, Ahmad Mola, was brutally murdered outside his home in the Netherlands on Wednesday. Indications suggest that the killers, who killed him instantly with three shots in the head and twice in the chest, were Iranian regime assassins. Although some reports claim that the killers were …
Read More »34 Civil Society Organizations Urge Unga Member States to Support Resolution on Human Rights in Iran
Thirty-four Iranian and international NGOs, including the Association for the Human Rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran (AHRAZ), have sent a joint letter to UN General Assembly member states urging them to support Resolution A/C.3/72/L.41, on human rights in Iran, which will be voted on next week before the …
Read More »Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison
South Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison “They removed my tongue, when they saw I did not speak” “They spread quince oil on my body and set rats on me” Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. “I was made to stand for …
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