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MEMBERS OF AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITY GATHER TO CELEBRATE AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL DAY IN VANCOUVER
Vancouver, May 28, 2011. Members of Azerbaijani community in Vancouver gathered at East is East restaurant to celebrate the birth of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the first democracy in Muslim world. Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established in May 28, 1918 after the fall of Russian Empire. The republic provided equal rights to all citizens, minorities, men, …
BRUTAL MASSACRE OF AZERBAIJANI CIVILIANS IN THE CITY OF KHOJALY
A STORY OF UNPRECEDENTED MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS ON THE EVE OF 21ST CENTURY.
Khojaly was Azerbaijani settlement situated within the administrative borders of the Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Its population constituted over 7 thousands ethnic Azerbaijani and Meskehetian Turks, many of which were refugees from Armenia and the Central Asia. When the ethnic …
Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down this Border Fence – a Struggle of Azerbaijanis for unification!
Everyone in the Western societies has heard about the famous quote by the US president Ronald Regan on June 12, 1987 next to the Berlin Wall: “Mr. Garbachev Tear Down this Wall!” But not many are aware of another wall of separation erected by the Soviet to divide Azerbaijani nation. The border fence built between borders of the Soviet Union …
THE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN 1945 – 1946
A special radio program dedicated to the Autonomous Government of Azerbaijan 1945-1946
IN IRAN THE STATE-SPONSORED PROPAGANDA PORTRAYED TURKS AS BARBARIANS.
In Southern Azerbaijan (Iranian Azerbaijan), the Turkish language (Azerbaijani language) was banned from schools and government offices. Since the Turkish language press shared the same fate, there were no Turkish newspaper …
![INTERVIEW WITH IRAN’S FINEST LIVING POET DR. REZA BARAHENI: ‘IF I HAD WRITTEN ALL THE BOOKS THAT I WROTE IN PERSIAN IN TURKISH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ, NOW WE WOULD HAVE 50 VERY GOOD [AZERBAIJANI] NOVELISTS.’](http://radioazerbaijan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/berahani1.jpg)
INTERVIEW WITH IRAN’S FINEST LIVING POET DR. REZA BARAHENI: ‘IF I HAD WRITTEN ALL THE BOOKS THAT I WROTE IN PERSIAN IN TURKISH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ, NOW WE WOULD HAVE 50 VERY GOOD [AZERBAIJANI] NOVELISTS.’
Dr. Reza Baraheni, great Azerbaijani author, named as the “Iran’s finest living poet” in 1977 by Harper’s Magazine. He is considered best literary critic in Iran. Reza Baraheni, the author of more than sixty books of poetry, fiction, literary theory and criticism, currently teaches at the Centre for Comparative Literature …
WORLDS APART…BUT UNITED IN VISION
On August 14, several Canadians (and non-Canadians) hiked to the top of Grouse Mountain, a popular Vancouver attraction. If you are from Vancouver, you may dismiss this and say it happens all the time. If you’re not from the city you wonder, what the commotion is about. Bear with me as …
HISTORY OF THE BLOODIEST CONFLICT IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
Vafa Quluzadeh
Interview with Vafa Quluzadeh, a political analyst and former Foreign Policy State Advisor to the President of Azerbaijan.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, numerous ethnic conflicts erupted in the territories controlled by the Soviets, …
MEMBERS OF AZERBAIJANI COMMUNITY GATHER TO CELEBRATE AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL DAY IN VANCOUVER
Vancouver, May 28, 2011. Members of Azerbaijani community in Vancouver gathered at East is East restaurant to celebrate the birth of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the first democracy in Muslim world. Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established in May 28, 1918 after the fall of Russian Empire. The republic provided equal rights to all citizens, minorities, men, …
BRUTAL MASSACRE OF AZERBAIJANI CIVILIANS IN THE CITY OF KHOJALY
A STORY OF UNPRECEDENTED MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS ON THE EVE OF 21ST CENTURY.
Khojaly was Azerbaijani settlement situated within the administrative borders of the Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Its population constituted over 7 thousands ethnic Azerbaijani and Meskehetian Turks, many of which were refugees from Armenia and the Central Asia. When the ethnic …
Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down this Border Fence – a Struggle of Azerbaijanis for unification!
Everyone in the Western societies has heard about the famous quote by the US president Ronald Regan on June 12, 1987 next to the Berlin Wall: “Mr. Garbachev Tear Down this Wall!” But not many are aware of another wall of separation erected by the Soviet to divide Azerbaijani nation. The border fence built between borders of the Soviet Union …
THE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT OF AZERBAIJAN 1945 – 1946
A special radio program dedicated to the Autonomous Government of Azerbaijan 1945-1946
IN IRAN THE STATE-SPONSORED PROPAGANDA PORTRAYED TURKS AS BARBARIANS.
In Southern Azerbaijan (Iranian Azerbaijan), the Turkish language (Azerbaijani language) was banned from schools and government offices. Since the Turkish language press shared the same fate, there were no Turkish newspaper …
INTERVIEW WITH DR. ABBAS DJAVADI: AZERBAIJANIS IN IRAN DO NOT WANT INDEPENDENCE. THEY ARE WELL INTEGRATED IN THE SOCIETY AND PARTICULARLY RUN THE COUNTRY
Abbas Djavadi is an Associate Director of Broadcasting at Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty.
AZERBAIJANIS DO NOT WANT INDEPENDENCE.
Mr. Djavadi believes that the language rights should be provided to all Azerbaijanis in Iran. However, it should not be confused with a request for independence. A majority do not want independence.
“I believe …
Speech by Dr. Sedigheh Adalati: How democracy can be the solution to Iran’s ethnic problems?
The Democratic Movement in Iran: Pitfalls and Potential
June 29‐30 2010
Chamber of Deputies, Rome
Ladies and gentlemen,
On behalf of the Federal-Democratic Movement of Azerbaijan and as a member of Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran , I wish to express my appreciations to UNPO which gives us an opportunity to highlight …
Speech by Dr. Alireza Asgharzadeh: Movements for Democracy and Recent Obstacles: The Case of Iran
Speech at the Italian Parliament, Sponsored by UNPO, Rome, June 29, 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Allow me to express my sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks to all the organizers and sponsors of this important event, and also to each and everyone of you kind-hearted folks here. It is indeed an honour to …
SPEECH BY FAKHTEH ZAMANI AT UNPO CONFERENCE
The Democratic Movement in Iran: Pitfalls and Potential
June 29‐30 2010
Chamber of Deputies, Rome
Thank you madam Chair,
I would like to thank the UNPO and the Nonviolent Radical Party for organizing such a wonderful and needed conference. It has been my great pleasure and honor to listen to all the esteemed speakers—even those …
INTERVIEW WITH IRAN’S FINEST LIVING POET DR. REZA BARAHENI: ‘IF I HAD WRITTEN ALL THE BOOKS THAT I WROTE IN PERSIAN IN TURKISH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ, NOW WE WOULD HAVE 50 VERY GOOD [AZERBAIJANI] NOVELISTS.’
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Dr. Reza Baraheni, great Azerbaijani author, named as the “Iran’s finest living poet” in 1977 by Harper’s Magazine. He is considered best literary critic in Iran. Reza Baraheni, the author of more than sixty books of poetry, fiction, literary theory and criticism, currently teaches at the Centre for Comparative Literature …
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