{"id":20770,"date":"2016-07-26T19:56:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-protests\/20770-thousands-of-azeris-hold-anti-regime-rallies-in-north-west-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-16T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T10:08:26","slug":"thousands-of-azeris-hold-anti-regime-rallies-in-north-west-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/thousands-of-azeris-hold-anti-regime-rallies-in-north-west-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Azeris hold anti-regime rallies in north-west Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI \u2013 Thousands of ethnic Iranian Azeris held two major anti-regime rallies on Tuesday in cities in north-west Iran following the publication of derogatory statements in the state-run media against Iran\u2019s largest ethnic minority group.<\/p>\n<p>The first rally began at around 7pm (local time) in the city of Tabriz, the provincial capital of Iran\u2019s Eastern Azerbaijan Province.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people gathered in Darayi Street and chanted slogans in defense of the rights of the Azeri community and in protest to recent disrespect to Iranian Azeris by the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The regime sent hordes of special anti-riot troops and water cannons to disperse the protesters. The anti-riot forces fired rubber bullets at the demonstrators, according to eye-witnesses. A number of protesters were reportedly arrested in the skirmishes.<\/p>\n<p>In the city of Orumieh (Urmia), the provincial capital of Iran\u2019s Western Azerbaijan Province, hundreds of protesters gathered in the early evening and began a rally from Atai Street towards Imam Khomeini Street. Anti-riot troops were sent in and a number of protesters were said to have been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The protests were triggered by the publication of an insulting reference to ethnic Iranian Azeris in the July 20 edition of the state-run daily Tarhe-No (issue no 868).<\/p>\n<p>There are reports that students at the University of Orumieh have begun a protest on campus against the regime\u2019s slander.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commenting on Tuesday\u2019s rallies Shahin Gobadi of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said: \u201cThis is another sign of growing discontent in Iran which manifests itself in different forms and different places. 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