Tuesday 16 July 2024

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Conference: Uniting for Freedom From Iran’s Terror, and Toward a New Democratic Middle East

Rahim Hamid is an Ahwazi Arab freelance journalist and human rights advocate who mainly writes about the plight of his people in Iran. Only a few meters away from the EU headquarters in Brussels,  activists from Iran’s ethnic minority populations,...

Tractor Sazi's new coach from Turkey

Tractor Sazi football team had an agreement in principle with Ertugrul Sağlam

South Azerbaijan football team Tractor Sazi had an agreement in principle with Ertugrul Sağlam, Bursaspor and Super League champion. South Azerbaijan team managers, who wanted to work with Sağlam since long ago, came together in Istanbul to discuss the collaboration....

Upon Calls by South Azerbaijani Organizations

Anti-regime Protests in South Azerbaijan

In the recent days anti-regime protests erupted in many cities of Iran. The protests had begun due to awful economic conditions, very high unemployment and inflation. But very rapidly it turned to ani-regime rallies and spread throughout mostly Persian populated...

Bare racism in Iran

Racist Slogans against South Azerbaijani Turks during Football Match in Tehran

During a football match on 29th December between Perspolis team of Tehran and Tractor team of South Azerbaijan forty thousands of Iranian supporters sounded racist slogans against Turks, shouting “Donkey Turk”! While the match was on live broadcasting the racist...

Solidarity day of World’s Azerbaijanis

Tommarow, 31 December is the Solidarity Day of World’s Azerbaijanis, which is celeberated by Azerbaijani Turks all around the world including South Azerbaijan. History of this day is related to the removal of barbed wires on the border of South...

Official racism and chauvinism in Iran

Iranian State Media Deny Historical Existence of Turks in South Azerbaijan

As an aspect of official chauvinism, during the past century Iranian state media has dined historical existence of Turks in the country especially in Azerbaijan. There are plenty of official and unofficial publications for this aim in Iran. As a...

Persian chauvinism in Iran;

İmprisonment for taking photo with flag of Azerbaijan

A South Azerbaijani young man has been jailed by Iranian judiciary because of taking photo with flag of Republic of Azerbaijan. Mohammad Tamaddon a young man from Urmia city and some other young people were arrested by Iranian police when...

Very rare application;

Some municipalities begin to use Azerbaijani Turkish banners

In a rare application municipalities of Tabriz and Khoy in South Azerbaijan used Azerbaycani Turkish banners to welcome some events. Municipality of Tabriz has written some banners in Azerbaijani Turkish to welcome the Tabriz 2018 event and municipality of Khoy...

Lake Urmia disaster

South Azerbaijani MPs: insufficient budget for Lake Urmia rescue program

Several South Azerbaijani parliament members have expressed in seperate occasions that the budget assigned for Lake Urmia saving program for the next year is insufficient. Mohammad Esmail Saidi, PM of Tabriz has said by this amount of budget Lake Urmia...

Newly stablished South Azerbaijani TV

Araz News Congratulated “SAV TV”

A very recent stablished TV channel named “SAV TV” has went on air for its test programs. The Netherlands based SAV TV has declared it will focus on South Azerbaijani Turkish nation’s rights which are deprived by Iranian Islamic regime....

National State Day of South Azerbaijan

72nd Anniversary of South Azerbaijan National Government Commemorated in Tabriz, Karaj, Ankara, İstanbul, Berlin and Stockholm + Photos

72nd anniversary of South Azerbaijan National Government commemorated widely by Azerbaijani communities around the world. Several ceremonies have been held in cities of Tabriz the historical capital of South Azerbaijan; Karaj, in Tehran province; Ankara, İstanbul, Berlin and Stockholm. A...

Publishing of Political View of ‘oyrenci sesi’ in the form of leaflets in South Azerbaijan

‘Oyrenci Sesi’s political look entitled “Strategies to prevent the spread of terrorist groups in West Azarbaijan” published in a pamphlet and distributed in the cities of South Azerbaijan.   The activists of the Azerbaijani National Movement published political look of...

While Iranian Authorities push for;

South Azerbaijani Activists Resist Against and Denounce Making Farsi the old Turkish names

A few years ago city council of Urmia in South Azerbaijan made a decision to use the original Turkish form of the city’s name in official correspondence of council. Afterward the signboard of the city council was changed to Turkish...

Urmia Lake disaster

Official authority: Lake Urmia is drying up

Provincial director of the Urmia Lake Recovery Program in West Azerbaijan said: the water level of the Urmia Lake decreased 21 cm in compare with the same period of last year.   Farhad Sarkhosh stated that the water level of...

Human rights in South Azerbaijan

South Azerbaijani activists called for unconditional release of Azerbaijani political prisoners in Iran

South Azerbaijani national-civil activists in the city of Ardebil called for release of political prisoners in prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran.   According to Araz News, South Azerbaijani activists in the city of Ardabil has hung posters of...