Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Azerbaijan

Traditional Azeri Wedding Leads To Groom's Arrest In Iran

Iran -- Demonstration by the Tabriz University's students against a cartoon recently published in an official Iranian newspaper that showed a cockroach speaking the Azeri language, Tabriz, 22 May 2006

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July 25, 2008
An activist for the cultural and language rights of Azeris has been arrested in Iran just weeks after a wedding that marked his ethnic heritage. Vedud Asadi had a court date this week to face unspecified charges, but that's all the information his family has as they try to determine his whereabouts. More

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