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…
South Azerbaijani rights activists
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,…