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Ferhad Pirutpour : I am an Azerbaijani and my first priority is fans of Urmia

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...

“White tortures” booklet published and released by the Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization

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...

Japan is ready to help resolve the crisis of Lake Urmia

Araz News:  The Japanese ambassador of Iran visited Sharif University in Tehran and he stated that japan is ready to help to  find solutions to overcome the critical situation of the Lake Urmia Japanese ambassador Mr. Koji Haneda  with Political Secretary of...

Iran seizes 135 tons of drugs in 3 months

Araz News:  The Iranian police seized some 135 metric tons of illegal drugs in the past three months. Head of Iran’s Drugs Police Ali Moayedi said in the meantime 92,000 people have been arrested across the country on drugs-related charges,...

Protestors in Yerevan block central avenue, refuse to leave

Araz News:  The participants of the protest action continuing in Yerevan’s center against the increase in electricity tariffs in Armenia, do not intend to free the Baghramyan Avenue, RIA Novosti reported. Earlier today, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan urged the...

Bodies of missing Azerbaijani soldiers found

Araz News:  The bodies of the servicemen of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, who got lost on June 23, have been found, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported on June 15. The ministry said search for Lance Sergeants Musa Musayev and Tural Yolchuyev, who...

Today is Abulfaz Elchibey’s birthday

Araz News: Today, 24th of  June 2015, is birthday of former Azerbaijani President Abulfaz Elchibey, one of the leaders of National Freedom Movement. Abulfaz Aliyev Gadirgulu (Elchibey) was born on June 24, 1938, in the small town of Keleki in Ordubad District....

Iran allows women to watch volleyball – but not football, swimming or wrestling

Araz News: A limited number will be allowed into the stadiums of Tehran as part of a move to lift a ban on women at male sporting events. But some sports remain strictly off limits. Iran is to allow a limited...

Iran ‘trains Taliban fighters’ in four camps

Araz News: Iran has stepped up its support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, providing at least four training camps for the movement’s fighters inside its territory, according to officials quoted in the Wall Street Journal. While Iran’s Shia rulers sit at...

Former Iranian vice-president indicted of embezzlement

Araz News: The vice president for executive affairs of Iran ’s ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), has been indicted of embezzlement, said Baghaei’s attorney Ali Asghar Hosseini. Baghaei’s indictment was related to paying bonuses illegally to some ministers as well as government...

Iraq bans egg import from Iran following bird flu case reports

Araz News: Iraq has banned egg imports from the Islamic Republic following reports on outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in some farms in the country. Farzad Talakesh, the secretary of Iran’s Egg Layer Poultry Breeders Union said...

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project to strengthen Baku-Ankara energy corridor

Araz News:The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway construction project will strengthen the energy corridor between Baku and Ankara, governor of the Turkish province of Kars Gunay Ozdemir said in an interview with Trend. “Some 79 kilometers of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway stretch through...

Azerbaijan ready to host Olympic Games, says Spanish team official

Araz News: Azerbaijan is fully ready to host the Olympic Games, Raul Valentin Sus Dolcet, Spanish team official at the First European Games in Baku told Trend June 23. Sus Dolcet said he expected that the European Games in Baku will...

Large-scale protest resumes in Yerevan (PHOTO)

Araz News:Protests resumed in the capital of Armenia, users of social networks said. Hundreds of people in the center of Yerevan participated in a rally against the increase in electricity tariffs June 22, RIA Novosti news agency reported. Earlier it...

Azerbaijan’s volleyball players advance to semifinals at Baku 2015

Araz News: Azerbaijan’s volleyball team gained a victory over the Dutch team at the First European Games in Baku and advanced to the semifinals June 23. The Azerbaijani team took the lead in all three sets – 25:21, 25:23, 25:14. The...