Written by Rahim Hamid The European Court of Justice has rejected the appeal filed by Mohammad Sarafraz, the head of the IRIB and Hamid Reza Emadi, the senior editor of Press TV (English), which sought to remove them from the...
This article is a general review of the recent developments concerning the legitimacy of the Iranian government, nuclear proliferation in the international context and human rights violations. Politics, economics, geography and demography of Azerbaijan and particularly the region commonly referred...
The rush to a nuclear deal with Iran has left human rights issues sidelined. Few people in the West seem to care. They just want to ensure that Tehran does not develop a nuclear capability. This aim is understandable but...
By Umud Duzgun Once again, the Iranian State TV aired a racist show insulting Iran’s largest ethnic population – the Azerbaijani people. An Iranian State TV aired a “comedy show” where an Azerbaijani was portrayed as someone who mistakenly uses...
When Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was campaigning, he promised the country’s many ethnic minorities to expand the use of their languages. Rouhani recently signaled his intent to keep that promise, by appointing Iran’s first presidential aid for ethnic and religious minority affairs,...
Araz News: If we want to compare women rights in Iran with that of western women we can see (no the) huge disparities as Iranian women are still denied their basic fundamental rights. Iranian women are treated as second class...
Araz News: Forget all the things you’ve heard. This is the real Genghis Khan 1. He was a one-dimensional tyrant of a ‘right wing’ kind A close study of the principal sources (in Mongolian, Arabic and Persian) reveals a personality of...
Araz News: Lack of time was the explanation given by Iran for the cancellation of the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Turkey, but Turkey’s political elite is more than confident that the reason for the cancellation...
Araz News:The Iranian rapper Amir Tataloo released a new music video the day before the Iran deal was finalized on 14 July. It was called Nuclear Energy and took the Iranian web sphere by storm. The clip features members of...
Araz News: The Greek crisis remains a headache not only for Greece itself, but also for the countries affected by it. Azerbaijan is not among these countries. As distinct from Greece, Azerbaijan directed its energy towards maintaining both its political...
Araz News: A deal with Iran isn’t only about nuclear weapons. It’s about whether diplomacy is an alternative to war; whether adversaries can quarantine their differences and whittle them down for mutual benefit; whether realism can triumph over rhetoric; whether “win-win”...
Araz News: In the late 13th century, the explorer Marco Polo travelled to the region that comprises modern-day Azerbaijan and reported seeing gushing oil geysers, some of which ignited and lit up the night sky. These days, the sky above...
The First Defeat for the Expansion of the Revolution to the Republic of Azerbaijan Following Disintegration of the Soviet Union Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly emerged Republic of Azerbaijan became the first target in security doctrine...
Araz News:The paradoxical and illogical actions taken by Armenia’s government are no longer surprising. The crackdown on a rally held this morning by the hapless Armenian citizens is another evidence of this. Armenians were protesting because of the electricity, but...
Araz News via news az: The U.S. “Hill” newspaper called Azerbaijan is the most developed Muslim country of the 21st century. APA reports that the article titled “Azerbaijan, oil and the 21st century” says South Caucasus country Azerbaijan is known as...