Rescuers are hunting desperately for scores of Turkish coal miners still missing after an explosion caused a pit to collapse, killing at least 245. Dozens escaped the pit in Soma, 450km (280 miles) from Ankara, but officials say more than...
Araz News: Ali Abbasnezhad, head of environment department of West Azerbaijan province, said Lake Urmia will dry completely in only a few days. In interweave with semiofficial Tasnim News Agency he added: “water level of the lake is 50 cm lower...
Araz News: To honor May 11th, the Global Mother’s Day, South Azerbaijani activist have visited Eastern Turkistan’ Leader Ms. Rebiya Kadeer. Ms. Kadeer is known as “Mother of Turkish World”. NROA’s (National Resistance Organization of Azerbaijan) First Secretary Davud Turan...
Araz News: Municipality of Kayseri city in Turkey have held 7th “A World of Student in Kayseri” exhibition in city center. The 3-day exhibition brings together students of 75 countries who study in Kayseri and aims to introduce cultures and...
By Altered Images Questioning whether cameras never lie The main logo emblazoned on the chests of Atletico Madrid football players – Azerbaijan Land of Fire – has been edited out of photos published by an Iranian newspaper, it seems. Pictures...
Araz News: Isa Kalantari, Head of Lake Urmia Rescue Team said without Lake Urmia Azerbaijan will not be alive. In a press conference in Sharif Technical University of Tehran Mr. Kalantari Added: Matter is not the lake itself but 5...
Araz News: The state run Jam-e Jam newspaper of Iran cleaned Azerbaijan’s name from Atletico Madrid football club’s shirts in a report it passed. Government of Republic of Azerbaijan has signed a sponsorship agreement with Spanish Atletico Madrid Club and...
A celebration ceremony was organized in the garden of Kirkuk’s Şifa Hospital to commemorate the 19th Establishment Anniversary of the Iraqi Turkmen Front. The Head of the Iraqi Turkmen Front Erşat Salihi, Honorary Head Sadettin Ergeç and candidates from the...
Araz News: Photos below are taken from around Lake Urmia. It is obviously a salt storm, destroying whatever breath. Why Iranian government is extremely hesitant to take an action while only 3% of the lake is left?
Araz News: Imprisoned South Azerbaijani Journalist One of 100 Information Heroes of the World Prominent organization Reporters Without Borders has published a list of “100 Information Heroes” for World Press Freedom Day (3 May). Reporters Without Borders informs in its...
Araz News: 28.04.2014 Following the hunger strike action of several South Azerbaijani political prisoners in Tabriz Central Prison and Evin Prison of Tehran many South Azerbaijani rights activists in the country and abroad joined their strike starting the “Hello Hunger”...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani Society of America (SASA) and Karabakh Foundation participated in Global Languages and Cultures Network Festival representing respectively the South and North Azerbaijan. International Language Network Festival is held annually in May in Washington DC aiming to...
The Drying of Iran’s Lake Urmia and its Environmental Consequences Lake Urmia in the northwestern corner of Iran is one of the largest permanent hypersaline lakes in the world and the largest lake in the Middle East (1,2,3). It extends...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has harshly criticized Armenian leadership for failing to respond to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s condolences for 1915 events.“It’s clear who does not want peace in the region,” Aliyev said in response to Armenian President...
Araz News: Parliament member of Mianeh city of the East Azerbaijan province, Seyed Bahloul Hosseini said education in Turkish is a demand of people of Azerbaijan, to be implemented through 15th article of constitution. Nasr News agency reported, in a...
