Araz News: South Azerbaijani Poet Ali Samad Pour who is serving 19th month of 2 year imprisonment term in prison of Sarab city of South Azerbaijan is in very bad health condition. He is suffering from chronic heart problems, high blood...

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Araz News: According to South Azerbaijani sources 19 South Azerbaijani right activists who were arrested in match between Tractor-Sazi football team of Azerbaijan and Al-Jazeera of UAE, all are sentenced to 3 months and 1 day in prison and 30...

Araz News: Said Matin Pour’s family members say his health conditions have deteriorated seriously after he was transferred forcibly to Zanjan prison from Evin prison, Tehran in September 2014. His mother Seyyedeh Alliye Mousavi has told to Said Matin Pour...

Araz News: South Azerbaijani activist Ali Rezayi was arrested by Iranian intelligence agents  ( Ettelaat) while he was going to workplace in Mehrabad Airport on 4th January 2015. According to his wife statements after arresting their home was inspected and all...

Araz News: Security forces put pressure on veteran South Azerbaijani rights activist Mr. Hassan Damirchi. The Iranian HRANA website (Human Rights Activists News Agency) reports that after Mr. Damirchi had returned to Tabriz from Republic of Azerbaijan Iranian security forces...

Araz News: Said Hosseini freed from prison Tebriz Sesi (Voice of Tabriz) web site reports South Azerbaijani civil activist Said Hosseini has been freed from prison in Meshkin Shahr city of Eastern Azerbaijan province on 13th January 2015. He was...

Araz News: South Azerbaijani cultural activist Bagher Ebrahim Pour has been imprisoned to serve the 6 months in prison he sentenced. He has been arrested by security forces and transferred to central prison of Tabriz on 3th January 2015. South...

Araz News: Four South Azerbaijani activists sentenced to 22 months in prison in total. Reportedly 1st branch of revolutionary court of Urmia, capital of West Azerbaijan province, ruled by Judge Mr. Chabok sentenced activists Nima Hassani, Yaser Akbari and Ata...

Araz News: 18 Tractor fans have been tried in 104 branch of Tabriz general law court by Judge Mr. Habibi. According to South Azerbaijani sources names of defendants are as below: 1- Babak Azar Nezhad 2- Vahid Amir Yar 3-...

Araz News: Veteran South Azerbaijani rights activist Mr. Abbas Lesani has demanded Iranian judiciary to hold his trial open to public, writing a letter to 1st branch of Revolutionary Court of Ardabil. Reminding the 168th article of the constitution he...

Araz News: South Azerbaijani sources report 22 South Azerbaijani activists were tried in Revolutionary Court of Urmia headed by judge Chabok, on 16th December 2014. They were charged of propaganda against regime and action against internal security. Reportedly 20 of...

Araz News: South Azerbaijani activist Bagher Ebrahim Pour has been sentenced to 6 Months in Prison by the 2. branch of revolutionary court of Tabriz. Earlier he was summoned to the court and was released on a bail of 2...

Araz News: On October 27, 2014 UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed held a press conference to preview his 2014 report on human rights in Iran and to...

Araz News: Many South Azerbaijanis have been arrested during 16 October non-violent anti-terror demonstration in Urmia city which the Iranian police cracked down. Several are to be tried and may be sentenced. Taha Karimi an Azerbaijani rights activist is one...