People of S Azerbaijan getting ready to show their strength. They are preparing to demonstart against IRIB in a big scale.

He was arested during a search for S Azrerbaijani activists. Security forces entered his home by force and captured him together with hi son.

Mr. Demirch is ill and he is using medicene for his heart problem, but he does not have access to his medication.

Ms. Zohre Vefaei one of S Azerbaijani writers and journalists. She was arrested in her home.
She is the director ofZeinab Pasha publication. She published books and poems in both S Azeri and Farsi language for kids.

Director of Yapraq magazine, Mr. Eivaz Taha and their manager Mr. reza Kazemi are arrested.

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At the moment Tebriz is in war. Fight between people and special forces (deploied from Kerman) is continuing. There are hundreds of killed and wounded reported.
Urgent action must be taken by international organisation.
In 40 meter, 42 meter, Ebbasi and Emire qiz (Amir Khiz) special forces are entering people’s house by shooting the locks. Several women [...]

Independent Southern Azerbaijan – some clarifications

The author makes some inaccurate claims in his article. Author writes that “The historic and ethnic links between Iranian Azerbaijan and the former Soviet Republic of the same name, now an independent state, on its northern border are not as significant as you might think, or as some politicians make out”

The historic and ethnic relations between Azeris in independent Azerbaijan and Azeris in Iran are more than significant. These are the same people and speak the same language, Azerbaijani, which is one of the dialects of Turkic language.

For many years these people who live now in different countries have been within the same state.

Thousands of Azerbaijanis in northwest Iran are protesting a newspaper cartoon that compared the ethnic group to cockroaches.
Five people were killed when Iranian security forces fired on demonstrators in Ardebil, Naqadeh and Meshkin Shahr. Dozens of others were injured and hundreds were arrested

Four people were killed and 43 others injured in northwest Iran during protests over a cartoon in a government newspaper deemed insulting to ethnic Azeris, the ISNA news agency quoted a police official as saying Sunday.
General Hassan Karami, commander of security forces in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province, said the casualties occurred in the town [...]

After several clashes between protesters and police (several groups were involved) S Azerbaijan is being controlled by Army.

Death and wounded toll is rising. There is no access for hospitals because security forces are preventing people of reaching them.

Electricity and gaz are cut by government. Shots and tear gases are used

More than 60 people are wounded. Among them is a 10 year old girl.

Violence continues.

All major cities in S Azerbaijan have started their protest against IRIB.

They say:
We are Turks, We claim our land
Down with Chauvonism
Our language will never die, It