It is heartbreaking when we think about the abject and inhuman treatment that the Ahwazi Arab women receive on a daily basis. They suffer double persecution by the Iranian regime due to their ethnicity and gender. This happens in every...
Secretary of State John Kerry will be heading to Kyiv Monday for discussions there Tuesday, the U.S. top diplomat tweeted as Russia continued to assert increasing control over Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. “Secretary Kerry will meet with senior representatives of Ukraine’s...
MOSCOW — With the new government in Kyiv weak and in disarray, Russia has made an aggressive move into Crimea. In a unanimous vote, Russia’s upper house of parliament Saturday gave President Vladimir Putin the green light to send troops to...
Tabriz: Tractorsazi Tabriz coach Toni expressed satisfaction and claimed his Tractorsazi Tabriz side were full value for the 1-0 AFC Champions League victory over his former employers and two-time champions Al Ittihad on Wednesday in their Group C opener. Despite...
By Farzin Farzad and Jason Katz The fanatical musings of the Mullahs in Iran and their nuclear ambitions have been on the radar of the U.S. and western analysts for decades. With the Obama administration’s seemingly deep desire to leave...
Turkey’s parliament has passed a bill to shut down private preparatory schools, many of which are run by influential preacher Fethullah Gulen. Mr Gulen is embroiled in a bitter feud with PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has accused the US-based...
General Manager of Environmental Protection Department of Western Azerbaijan province said: “The Lake Urmia has become source of desertification in Western Azerbaijan”. Mr. Hassan Abbas Nejad stated: “Lake Urmia is the center of the large desertification in the region...
The Honorable Prime Minister of Republic of Iraq Mr. Nouri Kamil Al-Maliki We would like to express deep respects of the Turkic people of South Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani people of Iran) to your Excellency and the nation of Iraq. As you...
During the basketball game between Hamyari-Zanjan and Shahrdari (municipality) of Gorgan fans of the Zanjan’s team chanted national slogans. The game was in 11/02/2014. According to reports of Oyrenci Sesi (voice of student) website, fans of Zanjan’s team chanted national...
After months of effort by imprisoned journalist Saeed Matinpour’s family to obtain medical treatment for him, the Prosecutor’s Office has maintained its silence, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran… “The prisoners at Evin face a...
Having access to safe drinking water and sanitation is central to living a life in dignity and upholding human rights. Yet billions of Ahwazi Arab people still do not enjoy these fundamental rights. Although Ahwaz has huge water resources, (about...
Preface I begin my study by addressing some constructive questions about the common factors that can be attributed to the gradual extinction of language, which frequently occurs intentionally and systematically particularly in multiethnic countries that one language strictly dominated on...
The history of Azerbaijan goes back to BC 6th century, which was a crossroad between Europe and West Asia. After the demise of Alexander the Great, Albania state was formed in the northern part of the Azerbaijan and in the...