Araz News:From October 2015 to October 2016, totally 588 people were sentenced to death in Iran. Out of this number, 504 people were hanged and executed in this country. During this period, 187 people were hanged in the mostly Azerbaijani...
Araz News: 20 million people are living in Iran’s city outskirts, according to the regime’s parliamentary Social Commission chair. In a recent interview with state TV, Salman Khodadadi said 35% of the country’s population is living in such conditions, adding this...
Araz News: The Public Prosecutor of Zahedan – South Eastern city, confirmed that the Sunni Leader of the Friday prayer of Sistan and Baluchestan pronvince has been summoned to the court. According to the news, Fazl Al-Rahman Kuhi is imprisoned in...
Araz News: The Syrian army “categorically denies the use of chemical and poisonous material in Khan Sheikhoun” in Idlib province Tuesday, the General Command said in a statement according to CNN news agency. “The Syrian army holds the terrorist groups and...
Araz News:Hundreds of Turkmen people waving Turkmen and Iraqi flags took to the streets in Kirkuk to protest against the unofficial vote by the Kirkuk local government to raise the flag of Kurdistan over state buildings. Many of the protesters...
Araz News: When Sadegh married his college sweetheart, he never thought he’d end up as one of those Iranians facing ruin and even prison because of huge sums demanded by his wife’s family. But the “mehrieh” (“affection “) system, in...
Araz News:The 36-minute video, entitled “The Farsi Land: From Yesterday ’till Today,” was issued through IS’s social media channels from Diyala province in neighboring Iraq. A masked man directs his message to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “Oh, Khamenei,...
Araz News:On 16 March 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), in cooperation with the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational Transparty (NRPTT), convened a side-event to the 34th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Entitled “In the...
Araz News:Iranian security forces arrested 12 administrators of reformist-aligned Telegram channels on March 14-16, 2017, deleted the channels’ content and changed their names. A number of those who were arrested have since been released, but Ali Heydarvalizadeh, the admin of the...
Araz News: Novruz is an ancient and much-loved holiday in Azerbaijan which ushers in the new astronomical year, the beginning of spring and the renewal of nature. The actual holiday starts on 20 or 21 March but celebrations begin well before...
Araz News:Three Baha’i residents of Mashhad named; Khashayar Tafazoli, Shayan Tafazoli and Sinai Aghdaszadeh, were tried by the Islamic Revolutionary Court, in Mashhad. The court hearing for Khashayar Tafazoli, Shayan Tafazoli and Sinai Aghdaszadeh, three Baha’i residents of Mashhad, accused...
Written by Rahim Hamid, Ahwazi freelance journalist based in the USA International recognition of Iran’s 90-year occupation of the Arab state of Ahwaz would be a fatal blow to the Iranian regime and its regional expansionism and interventions, say...
Araz News:The idea of establishing a semi-autonomous region in northwestern Iraq has emerged in the minds of the Assyrian Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities as a way to protect them against terrorist attacks and persecution. They take the creation...
Araz News: 29 human rights organizations, including “Human Rights Activists in Iran” in a joint statement to the members of the United Nations General Assembly declared their support for the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Iran on...
Araz News: Somewhere in the corner of the building, I hear a cry of “Caniva Azzar” (damn you), a five-year-old boy was angrily shouting it to his father. At first, I was confused to hear such a familiar expression....
