Hojjatoleslam Azimi: Pan-Iranist Forces Oppose the Formation of the Turkish Faction

By Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, September 9, 2016

Hojjatoleslam Abdulaziz Azimi Qadim

Since the announcement of efforts to establish the Turkish Faction in the Iranian Parliament, Iranian media has continuously brought the issue to public attention in various contexts over the past several months. In an interview with the Voice of America, national activist and cleric Hojjatoleslam Abdulaziz Azimi Qadim provided detailed information regarding the formation of the faction.

Hojjatoleslam Azimi Qadim: Chauvinism and Islamism Have Blended in Iran

By Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, July 18, 2013

Hojjatoleslam Azimi Qadim delivering a speech at the commemoration ceremony for Sattar Khan, the National Commander, which was annually organized by activists of Azerbaijan's national civil movement until the Iranian government prohibited its holding in 2006.

“We protested against the authorities of East Azerbaijan Province establishing relations with Armenia under the name of Tabriz and Azerbaijan, forming ties with occupiers,” said Hojjatoleslam Abdulaziz Azimi Qadim, who was sentenced to seven months in prison in Iran.

The Azerbaijani cleric spoke to Voice of America about the relations between East Azerbaijan Province and Armenia, protests held in Maragheh in opposition to these relations, and his subsequent detention and imprisonment for participating in these protests.

Cleric Sentenced to Seven Months in Prison for Protesting Iran-Armenia Relations

By Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, July 10, 2013

Hojjatoleslam Abdulaziz Azimi-Qadim

Southern [Azerbaijani] cleric Hojjatoleslam Abdulaziz Azimi-Qadim has been sentenced to seven months and one day in prison by the Tabriz branch of Iran's Special Clerical Court. Azimi-Qadim told Voice of America that the verdict is related to protests held in the city of Maragheh last December against the expansion of relations between Iran and Armenia.

New Accusations Against the Cleric Demanding Education in His Native Language

Khadija Ismayilova, Azadlıq Radiosu, August 14, 2008

Hojjatoleslam Abdulaziz Azimi Qadim

“Azerbaijan has long been preparing for those protests, and even bigger protests are being prepared. The rights of the Azerbaijani nation are being denied…”

This is the voice of the Shiite cleric Hojjat-ul-Islam Abdulaziz Azimi Qadim, who resides in Qom, Iran. Hojjat-ul-Islam has been imprisoned since May 2 and is being held in the "Langavud" prison in Qom. This interview was given roughly a year before his arrest.

On August 12, it was reported that Azimi Qadim had been brought to a court in Tabriz, where new charges were leveled against him.