Araz News: On Sunday, June 7, 2015 agents from Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, commonly referred to as Etelaat, unlawfully entered the home of Azerbaijani activist Ata Karimi in Urmia city and proceeded to conduct a warrantless search of his home and belongings. He...
Araz news via trend: Iran’s former vice president, Hamid Baghaei was arrested, the Islamic Republic Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said during a press conference in Tehran. Baghaei was summoned to the court a few hours ago and now he...
Araz News: Five prisoners accused of drug trafficking were executed on Sunday May 31st. The Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) reported that early Sunday morning, the five were hanged in Tabriz’s central prison. Mohammad Abbas Nejad, a 32-year old resident of...
TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: A the first edition of a new online magazine focused on human rights violations against Azerbaijanis in Iran has been published. The magazine aims to be a groundbreaking source for the plight of ethnic Azerbaijani-Turks in...
TEHRAN, Iran Araz News: South Azerbaijani linguistic rights activist Ali Rezayi was released on May 10 after having been detained for more than three months at Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison.
URMIA, South Azerbaijan Araz News: Six prisoners prisoners convicted of drug trafficking were executed in the city of Urmia May 17. According to local news site HRANA, Shahin Salehi, Haji Abbasi, Ahmed Shiri, Larif Alizadeh, Abdul Aziz Fuladi, and Hasan Bina, were executed...
MARAGHEH, South Azerbaijan Araz News: Maragheh’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced Azerbaijani activist Mehdi Dedham to one year in prison. Mehdi Deyhami, along with his friend Asghar Nosrati, were arrested by security forces in the city of Malekan in September of last year....
Araz News: Aydin Zakeri Azerbaijani cultural activist was summoned court of Khiyav (Meshkin shar) . The court has determined to consider in the case of Aydin Zakeri on twentieth May. Aydin Zakeri was arrested at the same time with International...
Araz News: Azerbaijani journalist and activist Saeed Matin-Pour was transferred from Zanjan central prison to Evin prison. According to report of Harana, Saeed Matin-Pour on Tuesday, 15 May, in an unexpected way back into quarantine of Evin Prison. It is...
Araz News: South Azerbaijanian opposition websites and human rights groups say a prominent human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, has been arrested by state security agents in Tehran. The Kaleme.com opposition website reported that Mohammadi was arrested at her home on Tuesday....
Araz news: The arrest of two judges following their recent rulings for the release of a leading media member and dozens of police officers who were in pre-trial detention for months have invoked sharp criticism from the opposition and jurists, who...
Araz news: Ahwazi Arabs protested in front of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) House in London and called for no compromise over human rights atrocities on Friday 24th April 2015. The protest in front of NIOC House, government-owned corporation...
Araz news: Mr. Karim Sadeghzadeh (Executive Secretary of the Workers’ House) in Tabriz express that labor week belongs to the people and the workers. There is Opportunity for Workers Community to say their numerous pains in this week. Therefore, we...
Araz news: Hamid Farokhi was the south Azerbaijani protester, who set a fire to burn himself on Sunday, 19th of April, 2015. He was a vendor in Tabriz city. Because of dismantling of his stall by the officers, he set...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani activist Hossein Ali Mohammadi has been arrested by security forces in Tabriz on 01/03/2015. Reportedly security forces have arrested him in a greenhouse and have beaten him hardly by baton. They also shoot on guard dogs...
