Araz Nes: South Azerbaijani human rights activists made speech in UN Human Rights Council’s 27th session in Geneva. Mrs. Sharifeh Jafari, Mr. Mansour Seifi and Amir Nilou spoke in council’s session on 09 September 2014. Mr. Mansour Seifi made speech...
Araz News: A non-governmental anti-terror organization in South Azerbaijan named “West Azerbaijan Youth Union” have published and distributed an anti-terror bulletin. West Azerbaijan Youth Union’s (WAYU) news-analyze bulletin “Yurd” (Land) includes statements, announcements, articles, analyzes and news about terrorism question...
Cameron, Queen voice concern: 51% of Scottish in favor of independence The latest opinion poll put the pro-independence movement in the lead for the first time, with 51 percent voicing their support just 11 days before the referendum on the...
Araz News: Local sources in South Azerbaijan and Kurdish provinces of Iran report IS supporters began to appear and make some demonstrations in Iranian Kurdish cities as well as some South Azerbaijan regions. During the last weeks some local sources...
Araz News: Five South Azerbaijani right activists from city of Miandoab have been sentenced to imprisonment by a court in West Azerbaijan Province. The activist Dariush Andalibian is sentenced to 9 months in prison while activists Habib Manafi Azar, Javad...
In line with Turkish political tradition, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held one of his first visits abroad to Azerbaijan to further bilateral relations based on history, brotherhood and strategic cooperation With a move to show Turkey’s continued support to Azerbaijan,...
Araz News: Days after starting “One Bucket Salt for Lake Urmia” campaign by South Azerbaijani activists the challenging is getting widen. Published on social media, hundreds of South Azerbaijani people have joined the campaign during a few last days. South...
Iraqi forces have reached the besieged town of Amerli in northern Iraq, where thousands have been trapped by jihadists, military officials say. The apparent breakthrough comes after the US carried out air strikes overnight on Islamic State (IS) positions near...
Iraqi forces claim marked advance towards Amerli, town under Islamic State siege for over a month Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen launched a major operation on Saturday to break the more than two-month siege of a Shiite Turkmen town,...
Araz News: Eight bicyclists from city of Anar arrived Urmia after riding 1500 km with the slogan “Save Lake Urmia”. The Anar Press web site reports the bicyclist began to their trip from city of Karaj on 10th August. Some...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani young people have launched “One Bucket Salt” campaign to draw attention on Lake Urmia disaster. South Azerbaijani activists and young people are pouring a bucket of salt on their head and publishing its video on social...
Araznews: A number of activists from the Azerbaijan National Movement has been arrested on Savalan mountain retreat on the 14th of August, 2014. The below are the names individuals. 1. Rahim Qulami 2. Aydin Zakir 3. Jafar Rostami 4. Saeed...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani right activist, Siamak Koushi has been arrested and hardly beaten by Iranian Intelligence officers because of having Turkish publications in his car. According to South Azerbaijani sources, after Simak’s car was stolen he made an appeal...
BAGHDAD // All 34 villages around Amerli are under the control of Islamist militants but the small town of Turkmen is holding out in one of the longest and most dramatic sieges of Iraq’s current conflict. In the searing summer...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani political prisoner Yurush Mehr-Ali bayli is released from Jolfa prison for 5 days furlough after about 18 months imprisonment. Mehr- Ali bayil was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment on charges of forming an illegal group (Yeni...
