Mahmudali Chehreganly, leader of the Movement of National Awakening of South Azerbaijan (MNESA) urged Baku to protect the rights of Iranian Azerbaijanis. In an interview with "Voice of America", he said that he plans to visit Azerbaijan in the coming weeks. He opined that President Ilham Aliyev should pursue a more active policy to protect the rights of Azerbaijanis of Iran.
Chehreganly referred to recent statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that said after World War II, the Government of the People's Republican Party of Turkey after returned expatriate Azerbaijani’s to the Soviet Union. The Azerbaijanis were immediately shot. According to Chehreganly, Erdogan's government holds a similar policy for Iranian Azerbaijanis.
Chehreganly claims that Erdogan's government has nearly extradited him to Tehran. Chehreganly praised U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabaher for raising the issue of granting the right to self-determination to Iranian Azerbaijanis. Chehreganly claimed that the Iranian government did not provide assistance to Azerbaijanis in Ahar and Varzigan after the earthquake in August and did not allow other Azerbaijanis to help them. -03D06-
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The Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan reacted to the report of the Kazakh side on the crash of AZAL aircraft on 25 December, published on Tuesday 4 February.
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The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan has published a preliminary report on the investigation of the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer-190 aircraft, which occurred on December 25, 2024, near Aktau. The report is publicly available on the ministry's official website.
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Under the gray, expansive skies of Brussels, a beacon of administrative initiative at the European Commission sparked to life this month, heralding a renewed vigor in the European Union’s diplomatic outreach. The newly established Directorate General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighborhood (DG ENEST) debuted on February 1st, setting a new course for EU interaction with its eastern neighbors and potential new members.
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Journalist Nargiz Abaslamova, held in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, was subjected to violence by a guard. While passing by the cell of her colleague Sevinj Vagifgizi, Abaslamova tried to greet her, reported on Abzas Media's Facebook page. However, guard Aygul Babaeva forcibly dragged Abaslamova away and deeply scratched the journalist's arm. Abaslamova stated that this is not the first time the mentioned guard has used force and been rude to journalists. A few days ago, Babaeva also used force against Sevinj Vagifgizi.
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