IRGC’s Role in Stoking up Ethnic Strife and its Role in Fueling Enmity between Iranian and Azerbaijani Turks

The First Defeat for the Expansion of the Revolution to the Republic of Azerbaijan Following Disintegration of the Soviet Union Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly emerged Republic of Azerbaijan became the first target in security doctrine of the Islamic Republic. Iran has been vigorously contesting with major powers, especially with Turkey and western countries, to increase its presence in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Given that the Shia Muslims form the majority of Azerbaijan¹s population, the Islamic Republic made desperate efforts to encourage formation of an Islamic regime, which could have been to the best interest of Iran, but to no avail. The formation of a secular and nationalist government in the Republic of Azerbaijan dashed Iran¹s hope for the expansion of the Revolution it had envisioned since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. 

Iranian regime: Male gods and oppressed women

Sexualized society:”Culprit” women

The androcratic world was formed as a result of several historical processes. These historical processes served for dominating of men denying the women any authority in the society. In this system, enhancing the man socially and physically opened the flood-gates for psychological, social and biological exploitation of women, with the result that the latter were deprived of social development. The development of the patriarchal religions and philosophy was prominent in regulating of this mentality. So, the male Gods replaced the female ones. The status of women began to decline because of using the philosophical views and religious rules by the powers as a law of their own governments. The patriarchal powers accusing the women not obeying these rules of protesting against the divine power condemned them to the execution. Now we can acknowledge the fact of sexualized unfair governments resting upon the traditions and customs and administrated by the patriarchal rules rather than the divine power violation women’s rights.

Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison

“They removed my tongue, when they saw I did not speak” 

“They spread quince oil on my body and set rats on me” 

Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. “I was made to stand for 18 hours. They didn’t allow me sleeping for days. Iranian regime doesn’t make differences between woman and man. There was a political prisoner, Farida. She also faced tortures. They detain national activists together with criminals and drug addicts at the same prison. Political prisoners face life threats every day. They face inhuman tortures and are forced to keep a fast. They didn’t allow eating for days. Political prisoners are waiting for execution. If prisoner had no money, he would die from starvation”, former Iranian Azerbaijani prisoner Elchin Hatemi, who was born in 1979 in Sarijali village of Arazbar (Khudaferin) province and has been living in political exile in Turkey since 2009, said in his interview with APA.