South Azerbaijan football team Tractor Sazi had an agreement in principle with Ertugrul Sağlam, Bursaspor and Super League champion. South Azerbaijan team managers, who wanted to work with Sağlam since long ago, came together in Istanbul to discuss the collaboration....
By Macit Araz; The country which is called Iran nowadays consists of the two major ethnic elements; Turks and Persians. From a certain point of view, history of the country is a contest between Turks and Persians to take the...
Persia’s kings are history’s great villains. Does the British Museum’s show do them justice? By Jonathan Jones The title of this exhibition is a bit misleading. Forgotten Empire, the British Museum calls its spectacular resurrection of ancient Persia. Yet the...
Irec Şahin Baher (The mayor of the Tebriz) said that “ We cannot reach our Tebriz-2018 goals because of the limited auothority. He said his opinion when Iran’s supreme leader Ali Hamaney’s representative was visiting the Tuba Park. He talked...
Iraqi Kurds seem to have overestimated their strategic importance in US eyes, a common error of local Mideast powers Of all the countries that announced their position toward the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, America has probably have taken the most...
The referendum on Kurdistan’s independence, supposed to be organized on September 25, is a very important development as it would add more difficulties to the complicated scene in the Middle East. The Kurdish issue is not only an Iraqi one,...
Araz News: Throughout the 1940s, Iranian Azerbaijan occupied an important place in the Soviet Union’s foreign policy. The region was the site of perhaps the Cold War’s first crisis, sparked by the Soviet Union’s refusal to return control of Iranian...
Araz News: The Trump administration this week appeared to take a potential step closer to backing efforts plotted by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to destabilize Iran; possibly topple its Islamic government; and force Qatar to fall into line with...
Many international organizations and institutions across a multitude of countries are working to strengthen and support mother tongues, especially those languages facing extinction due to the lack of native speakers. UNESCO was founded to preserve the cultures of peoples and...
Now that Iran has gone to the ballot to elect a president, U.S. policymakers should turn their attention to a more important transition in the offing. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the 77-year-old supreme leader, is in poor health, and he could...
Araz News: On May 19, Iran’s mullahs will elect the nation’s next president. While Iran’s president has executive authority, his power remains secondary to that of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Even with that curious arrangement, it’s not a done deal until Khamenei...
Araz News:The outside appearance of democracy gives enough semblance of electoral choice to please Western countries.With Iran’s presidential election soon taking place, media in the country are constantly reporting on tensions between Iranian hardliners and so-called reformists as contenders are...
Rahim Hamid With Iran’s presidential election soon taking place, media in the country are constantly reporting on tensions between Iranian hardliners and so-called reformists as contenders are vying for the leadership. Whatever the outcome of the election, however, Iranian people...
Araz News:What political dilemma is the regime in Iran intending to resolve through this presidential election? In 2005, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, having the final say in all state matters, thought to spread his meddling across Iraq and the...
Araz News:With each passing day Iran is experiencing further international and regional isolation, with a growing number of countries voicing concerns about Tehran’s policies. Barack Obama leaving office signaled the beginning of the end of a “golden era” for Iran,...
