Monday 23 December 2024

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Iran Football Federation hacked

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,...

Azerbaijani civil rights activists to serve 13 years in prison

Two South Azerbaijani civil rights activists, Huseynali Mohammadi and Taha Kermani were found guilty of “Insulting Islamic Sanctity” , “Insulting the Supreme leader of Islamic Republic” and “Causing Damage to Public Properties” and each were sentenced to 13 years in...

Azerbaijanis remain skeptical of Rouhani’s Tabriz visit

By FARZIN FARZAD TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was in the city of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, on May 20 to garner support for the nuclear negotiations, as a predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani crowd of 40,000 gathered in Takhti Stadium to...

‘Iranian Barcelona’ tastes Fenerbahçe’s bitter fate

Report: Çınar Oskay – TEHRANPhotos: Sebati Karakurt Hürriyet correspondent Çınar Oskay and photojournalist Sebati Karakurt write about the unfortunate league final for Tractor Sazi Tabriz, an Iranian football club with its Azeri fans who sport Turkish nationalist symbols. Tractor’s supporters...

Azerbaijani activists launch “Red Card Campaign”

TABRIZ, Azerbaijan Araz news: Azerbaijanis activists have launched a campaign with the hope of garnering the attention of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The “Red Card Campaign,” named in reference to Friday’s soccer championship game where a Tractor Sazi midfielder was suspiciously red...

Tractor Sazi fan pronounced dead after Friday’s match

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: The director of a Tractor Sazi fan club released a statement claiming that a spectator injured during Friday’s match with Naft Tehran has died. Hossein Karimi, the director of Tractor Club Supporters, penned a letter to...

International media covers Tractor Sazi upset

Araz News: Eyes were on Tractor Sazi Azerbaijan this week as international media covered the stunning upset that placed Tractor Sazi in second place in the Iranian Pro League. Widely regarded among the Azerbaijani-Turks living in Iran as the Azerbaijani national...

Ethnic tensions spill onto Iranian soccer pitches

By James M. Dorsey Against a backdrop of the violent redrawing of the map of the Middle East as minorities assert their rights, rebels challenge the existing order, and militant Islamists seek to carve up the post-colonial order, Iranian soccer...

Euphoric Tractor Sazi fans rushing the field prior to knowledge of loss (video)

Tabriz, South Azerbaijan Araz News: The following video depicts Tractor Sazi team members along with fans rushing the field in celebration at the end of the game. Team members were wrongfully told that Sepahan had tied in a simultaneous match, putting...

Iranian state television confirms protests in Tabriz + Video

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz New via Gunaz Tv News: An Iranian state-run television station has reported on the football protests in the city of Tabriz. A number of protests have erupted throughout the city as security forces continue to crack down...

Governor of East Azerbaijan urges calm after football-related clashes

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News:  East Azerbaijan’s provincial governor Esmail Jabbarzadeh urged calm on local television as Trakhtur Azerbaijan team fans clashed with Islamic Republic security officers following a devastating match for Tractor fans at Tabriz’s Sahand Stadium. Fans remain furious at...

Fans upset at misleading rumors of Tractor Sazi victory

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: Araz News has received local reports of possible political meddling in the final game to determine the Iranian Pro League champions. According to local sources, plain-clothed government officials spread rumors within Sahand Stadium claiming that Tractor Sazi’s main...

WATCH LIVE: Tractor Sazi v. Naft Tehran

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: The final bout for the top seat in the Iranian Premier League is underway as Tractor Sazi leads Naft Tehran 2-1 at halftime in the championship game. Tractor Sazi fans are out in full force as supporters...

Political activist’s wife threatened in the workplace

Araz news: The wife of imprisoned South Azerbaijani political Dr. Latif Hasani was threatened to stop her advocacy work by her employer. Ms. Azam Piri was issued a warning to halt complaints against the company, or she would be “charged with political activity...

Diehard Tractor Sazi fans travel 730 km on foot to see team play

TABRIZ, South Azerbaijan Araz News: A number of fans of Tabriz’s football team, Tractor Sazi, are traveling the 730 km distance between the cities of Qom and Tabriz by foot to see their team play. The 8 Tractor Sazi fans, all of...