Araz News: Revolutionary Guard (Sepah) Commander of Alborz province, “Ali Ostad Hosseini” said Dervishes, Bahaiis, Satanists and ethnical diversity are serious cultural threats for Alborz province, speaking in an interview with “Kamal Mehr” web site on 12nd November 2014. He...
Azerbaijan’s defence ministry says its forces have shot down an Armenian military helicopter violating its airspace. Three crew members were killed in the incident, according to local reports. The helicopter was flying in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, an...
Araz News: Most veteran South Azerbaijani political prisoner Safar Qahramanian has been commemorated at Emamzadeh Taher cemetery of Karaj city on 10th November 2014. Safar Qahramanian who was an army officer of Azerbaijan National Government (1945-46) spent 32 years in...
An informal vote on independence for Catalonia has shown more than 80% in favour, officials say. The non-binding vote went ahead after Spain’s constitutional court ruled out holding a formal referendum in the autonomous north-eastern region. More than two million...
Azerbaijan and Iran will sign 10 documents during the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Baku, the Co-chair of the Azerbaijani-Iranian State Commission on Economic, Trade and Humanitarian Cooperation Mahmoud Vaezi said Nov. 5. He made the remarks at a...
Araz News: A book about “Ayatullah Shariatmadari” has been published in Turkey. The book is written by Babak Shahed, head of research committee of Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization and editor in chief of Araz News website, and published by Gece...
Araz News: On October 27, 2014 UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed held a press conference to preview his 2014 report on human rights in Iran and to...
Araz News: Selahaddin Faruqi leader of the Balochi armed organization Jaish-Al-Adl gave an exclusive reportage to the Al-Arabiya news agency Persian service. In the reportage he gave explanations about the group’s goals. In the reportage Mr. Faruqi insists that they...
Araz News: A short film about Lake Urmia, made for mobiles, has been rewarded in a festival in Tehran. The short film “Inam” (Believe) made by South Azerbaijani director Ali Reza Salman Pour, wined reward in the “Report of a...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkey had continuously reiterated that it is not recognizing Russia’s steps against Crimean Tatars. Russian authorities have recently ordered Crimean Tatars to leave their assembly building in a move that the leader of...
Araz News: Urmia Lake Restoration Program’s website reports rainfall in West Azerbaijan province has reached to its highest level in 60 years. According to the official website water level of the Lake Urmia has risen up 35cm. For the first...
Araz News: “World Wide Jobs” web site has made a vote to determine the best volleyball player of the world. South Azerbaijani volleyball player Saeid Marouf is one of the ten nominated players who is capitan of national volleyball team of...
Araz News: Many South Azerbaijanis have been arrested during 16 October non-violent anti-terror demonstration in Urmia city which the Iranian police cracked down. Several are to be tried and may be sentenced. Taha Karimi an Azerbaijani rights activist is one...
Maxime Gauin In the context of the Perinçek v. Switzerland case, and of the forthcoming centennial of 1915, Turkey will be, once again, pressured to “face history.” However, who can contest the fact that contemporary history should be written after...
VOA Persia has cozy relations with the Iranian regime, critics say Congress is calling for an investigation into Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian language news service as a result of what they say is the station’s systemic pro-Iran bias and...
