Iran: Information on the treatment of the Azeri Turks in 1995 (update to Response to Information Request IRN3364 of 15 January 1990)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IRN22780.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on the treatment of the Azeri Turks in 1995 (update to Response to Information Request IRN3364 of 15 January 1990), 1 January 1996, IRN22780.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab9a7c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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According to a representative of the Foundation for Iranian Studies in Bethesda, Maryland, the Iranian Azeris are treated the same as any other Iranians; the representative has never heard anything regarding Iranian government discrimination against Iranian Azeris (17 Jan. 1996). The representative added that many Iranian leaders are Azeris themselves.
Other sources consulted by the DIRB do not refer to any specific type of treatment of the Iranian Azeris by the Iranian government.
The attached section of Iran: A Country Study on the Iranian Azeris might be useful.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Foundation for Iranian Studies, Bethesda, Md. 17 January 1996. Telephone interview with representative.
Attachment
Iran: A Country Study. 1989. Edited by Helen Chapin Metz. Washington, DC: Department of the Army, pp. 91-92.
Other Sources Consulted
Amnesty International country file (Iran).
Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. 1995.
DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. 1995.
The Economist [London]. 1995.
Foreign Report [London]. 1995.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1995
The Middle East [London]. 1995.
Middle East International [London]. 1995.
On-line search of news articles.