“God may not forgive the state TV reporter who has turned to an interrogator and then a judge, and issued a verdict within two minutes that devastated a family,” the father of Aylar Haqqi, a 23-year-old victim of the security forces’ brutal crackdown on nationwide protests, said while standing next to his daughter’s grave. “People tell me […]
On the 100th day after the start of nationwide protests in response to the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police, journalist and human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi sent a letter from inside Evin Prison, asking the world to pay attention to sexual assaults on women who have been detained during these […]
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said that Russia plans to give Iran “advanced military components” in exchange for hundreds of drones. “Iran has become one of Russia’s top military backers,” Wallace told parliament on December 20 as part of a statement on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “In return for having supplied more than 300 kamikaze […]
A second lieutenant of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and three members of the paramilitary Basij force have been killed in clashes in the country’s southeast, official media report. Citing an IRGC statement, state-run Press TV said that the four security personnel died on December 19 in an exchange of fire with “counterrevolutionary […]
The commander Iran’s elite Quds Force has said that all journalists who have been critical to the clerical regime will be “hit” sooner or later, amid a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests and media workers. “We have recorded all the enemies’ actions. All of them will be hit without exception. Anyone who has done media […]
For unknown reasons to me, some news sources and political circles in Sweden spread misleading material about Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev. To better understand Ilham Aliyev’s performance as President, we must examine the situation in the Republic of Azerbaijan after independence. In connection with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet Azerbaijan became […]
A tourist information call-center (848) service operating in three languages (Azerbaijani, Russian and English) will be launched in Azerbaijan, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Tourism Agency Fuad Naghiyev said at the Azerbaijan Tourism Summit 2022. Naghiyev noted that the center would have a positive impact on the development of the tourism industry in the country.
As well as her day job as a Florida pharmacist, Darya Hodaei runs a bilingual social media-based platform called EnglishAzerbaijani that helps promote Azerbaijani Turkic language and culture. Darya was born and raised in Tabriz, the capital of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. A precocious child who was quickly recognized as having exceptional talents, she did well in […]
Shusha city is known for its rich historical and cultural heritage and was occupied by Armenian forces for nearly three decades before Baku fought and reclaimed the area in 2020. The International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) has declared the Azerbaijani city of Shusha as the cultural capital of the Turkic world for 2023. Thursday’s […]
On December 25, a concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of outstanding composer, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Fikrat Amirov will be held at Krieger Auditorium in Haifa, Israel. The program includes Fikrat Amirov’s “Azerbaijan Capriccio”, “Kurd-Ovshari” symphonic mugham and other works conducted by People’s Artist Yalchin Adigozalov, and performed by the Haifa Symphony Orchestra and […]
An Iranian court sentenced a 19-year-old protester to death on December 20 on the charge of “waging war against God,” at the end of a trial held online. Security forces arrested Ali Makan Davari during an October 10 anti-government rally in the northern city of Langarood. Davari was accused of “disruption of order, collusion, waging […]
Mr. N. describes the start of his sufferings in detention: “Somebody imitated the sound of a stun gun and shouted ‘faster.’ I took off my clothes. Four people were surrounding me. One of them had his hand on my head. They ordered me to sit down and to stand up and used flashlight on me. […]
The lawyer of Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, an anti-government Iranian protestor sentenced to death, says his client’s confessions have been obtained “under torture” and therefore have no legal validity. The lawyer, Ali Sharifzadeh Ardakani, said on Twitter that he managed to meet Hosseini for the first time on December 18 in the prison in the northern […]
The head of the UN’s top human rights body has appointed the members of the recently established fact-finding mission on human rights abuses committed by Iranian authorities in their bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. The president of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, Federico Villegas of Argentina, has picked Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, Shaheen Sardar Ali […]
Are you familiar with the mythology of the phoenix? A legendary bird born again in fire; a symbol of rebirth and renewal. When we speak about acid attacks in Iran, a litany of names tragically comes to mind. They are mostly the names of women, who for one reason or another were targeted by angry […]
Iranians wounded by the security forces during the ongoing nationwide protests avoid treatment in the country’s increasingly unsafe hospitals for fear of being detained, tortured, prosecuted or killed. The medics ready to brave the risks to help the injured are treating protesters in their offices, the demonstrators’ homes or elsewhere. Aida Rostami, 36, was one […]
On the occasion of this Day, I launch an appeal for the potential of multilingual education to be acknowledged everywhere, in education and administrative systems, in cultural expressions and the media, cyberspace and trade. Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General UNESCO celebrates International Mother Language Day (IMLD) on February 21, 2017 under the theme “Towards Sustainable Futures […]
As a result of the counter-offensive, the Azerbaijani Army units destroyed the enemy’s front line and liberated seven villages from occupation. Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov said at a Security Council meeting on September 27. “First of all, considering the operational conditions, you have been informed, and the Azerbaijani Army is conducting a counter-offensive. […]
When we look at the time of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, we can see the influence of economic and social factors in addition to ideological reasons. As a result of the injustices of the Shah’s regime and the economic and administrative corruption within the government, the country’s resources were unfairly distributed. Also, in […]
“The sacrificial guerrillas of the Turk people” is the name of the new party created by the Persian (Fars) racism-based regime of Iran for South Azerbaijan, and thus the cooperation of the Kurdish extremist and nationalist group(Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran) with the regime is revealed because they had created a new party “The Democratic Party of Azerbaijan […]
Due to the M.Khorenatsia who is considered the father of Armenian history, Homet, Ashkenaz, Rifat, Togarma and Hayks who are the grandchildren of Yafes who is the son of Noah are considered ancestors of Armenians (1.5-6). Armenian historians base to this information and tell that Noah prophet is Armenian as he was ancestor of half […]
STATISTICS Status: Unrecognized & occupied territory Population: 30 million Language: Azerbaijani Turkish Religion: Islam Shi’a UNPO REPRESENTATION: Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement At the UNPO, Southern Azerbaijan is represented by SANAM (Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement). The leader and founder of SANAM is Professor Mahmoudali Chehrgani who is pictured above. OVERVIEW Southern Azerbaijan is a region […]
