Araz News:   Aug 5, 2015, National and civil activist of South Azerbaijan Mr. Hasan Damirchi was denied permission to leave the country  by Tehran prosecutor with the pressure of  Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, commonly referred to as Ettelaat.

Hasan Damirchi known as” Hasan Azerbaijan” has been arrested and jailed repeatedly by the Iranian government.

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry confiscated the passport of Mr. Hasan Damirchi and he was denied permission to leave the country. His case has been referred to the Ministry of Iran’s Intelligence.

It is noteworthy that Hasan Damirchi known as” Hasan Azerbaijan” has a special place among the general public like other leaders of South Azerbaijan National Movement. This caused concern  of Iran’s security forces.

It should be mentioned that, Hassan Damirchi (Hassan Agha Azerbaijan) 72, veteran Azerbaijani artist and  famous master of Azerbaijan traditional music, had already spent 6 months in Tabriz prison on charge of propaganda against the regime.

He had been sentenced to 1 year in prison during the demonstrations in Tabriz in 2006 which were against the insulting cartoon of “Iran” newspaper.