The West gets so confused at greater nationalism among the Azerbaijanis of Iran
It is often written in analyses of Iran that Iran’s minority groups are well integrated and assimilated into society and bureaucracy. This view is especially…
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Systematic human rights violations of Azerbaijanis in Iran
Iran is on the headlines of the Western media outlets. Newspapers, web-sites and TV channels devote great attention to Iran, its nuclear and missile program,…
Why Southern Azerbaijanis are indifferent to the new “Iranian Revolution”?
Azerbaijanis living in this country (both in Southern Azerbaijan and other parts of Iran) always played an important and active role in the socio-political life…
Asker Akbarzade is persecuted in Iran for Azerbaijani language
According to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), an ethnic Azerbaijani, Asker Akbarzade, was sentenced to prison in Iran for participating in a…
Shrinkage of lake Urmia threatens people’s lives in Southern Azerbaijan
On 14 July 2017, a group of people and activists from Urmia region formed a human chain around the lake to demand its protection, despite…
Iranian authorities arrested South-Azerbaijani activists
Iranian Police arrested several human rights activists during a peaceful assembly in Galeh Babek in the province of East Azerbaijan. As the Center for Human…
Iran: 4 South Azerbaijani rights activists sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for peaceful activism
Four Iranian ethnic Azerbaijanis have been issued long prison sentences for peacefully defending their rights, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned. One defendant,…
MPs demand education in mother tongue for South Azerbaijan – Video
Iranian MPs elected from South Azerbaijan, spoke at the session of the Iranian parliament a couple of days ago and demanded the authorities to create…
South Azerbaijan appealed to Trump “Don’t consider us Iranians”
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization (ANRO) appealed to the US president Donald Trump. Azerbaijanis living in Iran, asked Trump not to consider them as Iranians, so…
16 models arrested and 5 shops sealed off in Iran
The head of the Public Security Police of East Azerbaijan Province announced that 16 models have been arrested and 5 trade units were sealed off….