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Residents of Ardabil supporting Azerbaijan in 2020. On September 29, 2020, activists held a demonstration in support of the Azerbaijani Army [91] and to protest Iran's aid to Armenia in Ardabil's Jiral Park. [92] [93] [94] The security forces of the Iranian regime responded by beating and arresting the participants.
Aylar Haghi appearing in a mural commemorating the victims of the Islamic regime in Iran, in Nazareth. (down right) Aylar Haghi's killing escalated protests in East Azerbaijan province. [32] [33] Strong protests and demonstrations took place in Tabriz, Binab, and Malekan, where Haghi was born.
The Fitilieh programme protests (Persian: جنجال برنامه فیتیله, lit. 'Controversy of Fitilieh programme') started on 9 November 2015 after a segment of the children's television programme Fitileh , aired on 6 November on local state TV , depicted an Azeri speaking Iranian brushing his teeth with a toilet brush.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later announced a formal pardon of all those arrested during the protests, though many reported being rearrested or harassed by authorities afterward.
A month later, Iran expelled four Azeri diplomats. Azerbaijan's decision in March 2023 to open an embassy in Israel, Iran's archenemy, also contributed to the deterioration in ties.
Iran's hardliners have put the blame on Ali Shamkhani (the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council) for being unable to suppress the protests. According to Hamid Rasaei, a cleric and former lawmaker, Iran's security organs all point to Shamkhani as the main culprit for the leadership's failure in quelling the protests.
18 January – At least 150 people are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Khoy, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan. [1]19 January – Iran and South Korea summon each others' ambassadors in a deepening dispute between the countries, after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Iran "the enemy of the United Arab Emirates" while addressing South Korean troops stationed there.
Traveling with Raisi were Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.