The following is a brief video caption of the South Azerbaijani demonstrators most of whom were later identified and arrested by Persian regime of Iran for demonstration of the banner which read ” South Azerbaijan Isn’t Iran”. The protest occurred in Tabriz,...
Araz News: Two years after 6.4 Richter earthquake which struck Ahar and Varzeghan cities of South Azerbaijan many villagers still are living in containers and tents. The major earthquake took place on 11st August 2012. Toll of the quake was...
Araz News: Spiritual Father of South Azerbaijani Turks, Prof. Dr. Javad Heyat is buried in Baku, Capital of Republic of Azerbaijan. The funeral ceremony was held in building of Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan today 15th August. Many prominent figures...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani resources report many right activists are arrested in Ardabil city of South Azerbaijan. Reportedly South Azerbaijani right activists are arrested by security forces during a meeting in Savalan Mountain near Ardabil. Activists are arrested on 14...
Dr. Nasib Nassibli Iran is a multinational country, composed of Persians, Azerbaijanis(Azerbaijani Turks), Kurds, Turkmens, Arabs, Baluchies and others. The Turkic origin Azerbaijanis in Iran are being discriminated against by the Iranian regime. This problem is further exaggerated by the...
Araz News: Spiritual father of South Azerbaijani Turks, Prof. Dr. Javad Heyat passed away on 13th August in a hospital in Baku, capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Prominent South Azerbaijani researcher, writer, turcologist and surgeon, Prof. Dr. Javad Heyat...
Araz News: South Azerbaijani Parliamentarian from Urmia, Nader Ghazi Pour criticized Iranian media and some so called art societies who insult ethnic identities in Iran and called authorities to prevent and punish them. In a speech in Iranian parliament (Islamic...
Seyed Jamal Hosseini, editor of HRANA found dead in Turkey Seyed Jamal Hosseini (Esfandiar Baharmas), editor and a senior member of Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), was found dead in his office by Turkish authorities last night. Authorities...
A court in Baku has sentenced two Azerbaijani men to life in prison for spying for Iran. Hafiz Valiyev and Agamir Agamirov were officially found guilty of high treason on August 1 and sentenced the same day. Investigators say they...
The U.S. military launched two rounds of airstrikes Friday in northwestern Iraq, using drones and fighter jets. Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said remotely piloted aircraft Friday struck Islamic State militants near Irbil. He said fighter planes later dropped...
Araz News: An Iranian theater team named Shahr Ashub has apologized Azerbaijani people for an insulting play it had performed. The group has also changed the name of the play. The group was being performing a play named “Kharkator” which...
An exile Uyghur leader has claimed that at least 2,000 ethnic minority Uyghurs may have been killed by Chinese security forces following riots last week in a restive county in China’s western Xinjiang region, far more than reported by the...
The details of the intensive firefights between the Azerbaijani and Armenian armed forces in the direction of Terter region on the night of August 2 have become known. The servicemen, who are responsible for the defense of this territory,...
Armenian armed forces have made an attempt of diversion on different sections of the front. 8 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed as a result of fierce fire exchange. All the same, the Armenian public was fluttered by the reports of Armenian...
Araz News: Municipality of Urmia, capital of West Azerbaijan Province, gives back old Turkic names of some neighborhoods. Several signboards are put at the entrance of city’s old neighborhoods carrying the old names. Municipality resources inform the act is carried...
