Araz News:  So far some 400 fighters which have been killed by Syrian opposition groups including Islamic State (IS) insurgents have been buried in Iran, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported. On June 25, five fighters from Fatemiyoun military...

Araz News: Ferhad Pirutpour one of the best middle blocker volleyball players of the Municipality of Urmia from Mahabad in Azerbaijan said:” Currently, I have offers from several teams But, I really love Urmia and fans of Urmia are always...

Araz News: As the world commemorated the International Day Against Torture on June 26, the Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization’s (ANRO) publishing arm released a booklet entitled “White Torture: Trick Interrogation – How to Fight It.” The ANRO distributed the booklet in various...

Araz News: In a first of its kind exhibition, South Azerbaijani artist Ramin Abdollahzadeh displays his portraits of historical South Azerbaijani figures at an art gallery in Ankara. Abdollahzadeh claims the purpose of the exhibit is to showcase prominent South Azerbaijanis to show...

BBC Farsi Services with Hidden Agenda – an Exclusive Iranian Club within a British Organisation We the undersigned individuals of British Azerbaijani communities & Azerbaijanis around the world wish to make a representation against the very un-British way of the...

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: Currency bills printed during the brief “Azerbaijani National Government” have been on display at the currency museum in the Tabriz Municipality building. In a rare gesture commemorating what some in Iran consider an illegitimate government in the mid 1940s, Azerbaijani residents have...

Araz News via trend: Most areas in Iran are grappling with heavy winds and dust, meteorologist Fariba Goudarzi said,Trend reported. Tehran has been witnessing dust in the early hours of the night for a few days in row, she noted, Fars...

Araz News: At a football match between the Norwegian and Azerbaijani national teams in Oslo, Azerbaijani spectators took the opportunity to hoist a large sign bearing Azerbaijani nationalist slogan, “South Azerbaijan is not Iran.” The June 13 bout, which was a...

ARDABIL, South Azerbaijan Araz News: Azerbaijani poet and national activist Alireza Bakhshi died as a result of heart failure in the city of Ardabil. According to South Azerbaijani news outlet Guanz Tv News, the forty-year-old activist passed away in Ardabil Hospital on Monday,...

Araz News via Payvand: Iran has unveiled the Middle East’s highest suspension bridge in the lap of nature in the northwestern Ardabil province, known for its magnificent pastures, hot mineral springs and towering mountains. The bridge over the river of...

Araz News: When the Turkic Qajar Dynasty in Iran fell to the reign of the Pahlavids in 1925, the new rulers immediately began a policy of de-Turkifying Iran. Their revisionist anti-Turk policies aimed at separating Iran’s long Turkic heritage in favor of...

ANKARA, Turkey Araz News: Every year on May 22, members of the Azerbaijani community in Iran and around the world commemorate the event they call “the cartoon incident.” This year, for the first time, the highly-circulated Turkish newspapers, Hurriyet, Milliyet and...

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...

Araz News: The following excerpt is a moving tribute to those who gave their lives defending the Turkic identity in South Azerbaijan on May 22, 2006. This day marked the 9th anniversary of the Cartoon Controversy protests, whereby hundreds of thousands of activists...

TEHRAN, Iran Araz News: A person or group calling themselves “Dark Demon” hacked the website of The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) on May 26th . Many activists believe that the hack was in retaliation for the Iranian championship game,...