Riza Paknahad, General Manager of the 8th Regional Municipal Administration of Tabriz, said that the renamed Tabriz market will be changed back to the historical name.

According to the Department of Public Relations of the Municipal Administration, the director of the department said that the place names should never change.

“Unfortunately, the names of places on the historical market have gradually changed over time. This has damaged the historical identity of the market. Commissions that conflict with popular names are driven to the market. However, these places are still popular among people. Experts also point out that changing place names or translating is wrong. These names should remain the same as pronounced by population, “he said.

Engineer Riza Paknahad called on all authorities to help to turn the real names back to the board reflecting the historic market of Tabriz.

A few years ago, the Urmiye Municipal Administration decided to replace some of the renamed places in Urmia with real Turkish names.

During the Pahlavi and Islamic republic, thousands of places were translated from Turkish into Persian. He preferred new Persian names to deny the history and identity of the Turks.