Wednesday 17 July 2024

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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...

Campaign underway to support family of deceased Azerbaijani-American

Araz News: A fundraising campaign is underway to support the family of Azerbaijani-American Mirza Muzaffarov, who died after his canoe capsized in Wooster Lake, near Chicago, Illinois. A samaritan was able to save another man and Muzaffarov’s two sons from drowning....

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...

Azerbaijani-Turkish drills held in Nakhchivan

BAKU, Azerbaijan – May 15, 2015 Araz News via Trend: Azerbaijani-Turkish drills have been held in Nakhchivan in accordance with the agreement on military cooperation between the two countries, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said May 15. Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of...

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...

Iranian destroyer in Gulf of Aden blows war siren after detected attack

 Araz News via Trend: The Iranian warship Alborz in Gulf of Aden blew the war siren after detecting a “terror boat” approaching it from the side of the Yemeni shore. The ship was on a voyage as one of the ships belonging...

Iran vows full support for Iraq unity, opposes any disintegration

Araz News via Trend: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged full support for Iraq unity, saying that Iran opposes any disintegration of Iraq. He made the remarks in a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Masum in Tehran, Iran ’s...

Erdoğan calls on Europe to welcome more migrants

TIRANA, Albania   By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Europe to take in more migrants and refugees from Syria and Iraq, saying his own country has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis and...

Azerbaijan to donate 2 million euros to Afghanistan National Army Trust Fund

BAKU, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan contributes significantly to NATO’s Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan by providing troops, multimodal transit, training and financial assistance, said Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov May 13. Mammadyarov, as Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry told Trend, made the remarks...