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Protest outside Iranian Embassy in Baku

23 May 2006 [22:09] - TODAY.AZ
The members of the South Azerbaijan National Revival Movement (SANRM) and the United Azerbaijan Union (UAU) staged a protest action outside Iran's Embassy in Baku with regard to the killing of Azerbaijani protesters and detaining of more than 100 of them in Tabriz, Iran, on May 22.

Baku police did not let the protesters, who were shouting slogans criticizing the Iranian government's policy on Azerbaijanis, come up to the Embassy. The protesters raised the flag of South Azerbaijan and burned Iran's national flag.

UAU executive staff chair Agil Samadbayli read the resolution of the protest action. The resolution demands the Iranian authorities to report on the happenings in Tabriz. Agil Samadbayli, SANRM members Yunus Azadi and Alirza Amanbayli were detained and taken to the police station #9.

Deputy chair of the Sabayil district police office Kamal Valishov told APA that no one has been detained, the protesters were made to leave the territory.

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