Piruz Dilanchi Explained

Piruz Dilanchi پيروز ديلنچی
Birth Name:	Ali Ismayilfiruz, علی اسماعيل فيروز
Nationality:	Iranian/Azerbaijani
Citizenship:	Iran, Azerbaijan, Canada
Birth Date:	16 May 1965
Birth Place:	Tehran, Iran
Residence:	Toronto, Ontario
Home Town:	Tehran
Spouse(S):	Aynura Karimova
Children:	Shahriyar - Atilla
Party:	South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement (SANLM) or (CAMAH)

Pirouz Dilanchi (Azerbaijani: Piruz Dilənçi, پیروز دیلنچی, pronounced as /az/, pronounced as /az/; born Ali Ismayilfiruz, (Azerbaijani: Əli İsmayılfiruz, علی اسماعیل فیروز; May 1965 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Azerbaijani separatist leader.

He has also written multiple poems and is the author of eight books^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} in Azerbaijani and Persian.

Biography

Dilanchi's scientific, literary, social, and political articles have been published in publications such as Yeni Musavat, Keyhan,^[10] Azadliq, 525-ci qezet, Edebiyyat ve Incesenet, Ettelaat in Iran and Azerbaijan.

He was purportedly arrested and tortured for his views and for participating in left-wing organizations by the Iranian government after the revolution. He then fled to the Azerbaijani SSR in 1990 to escape persecution.

He is currently a Canadian citizen^[11] and lives in Toronto, Canada.

Writing

In 1991, he created a section in the newspaper "Literature and Art" named "Literary Tabriz", which was included in every issue for a year. Later, at the initiative of Pirouz Dilanchi, a number of programs with names such as "Araz-South literature"” and "Shahriyar-South literature"^[12] were shown on Azerbaijan State Television.

Pirouz Dilanchi is a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers. He also claims to have written nearly 100 songs. One of his most famous is "Yada sal məni" (Don't Forget About Me), which was adapted to music by Eldar Mansurov and sung by Mubariz Tagiyev.

Politics

He is one of the founders of the South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement^[13] and its leader.^{[14] [15]}

He brought the idea of separation of "South Azerbaijan" from Iran to the attention of government officials in Azerbaijan. Because of this, Pirouz Dilanchi became the most dangerous political figure for the Iranian Government between the years 1994-2001.^[16] He has been a victim of different attacks by the Iranian government since he became very popular and important^[17] political figure acting against Iran. Once, a special terrorist group from Iran attacked him midnight in his apartment in Baku trying to kill him. After the attack terrorist group were able to escape before Azerbaijan Intelligence Officers came to the place of incident along with Azerbaijan Police.^{[18] [19] [20]}

Dilanchi collected about 3000 signatures in 2000 and suggested his candidacy to the Azerbaijan Republic Parliament in order to participate in the next election.^{[21] [22]} His candidacy was officially registered but was denied before the elections by pressure from the mafia responsible for elections.^[23] Central Elections Committee ignored the registered candidacy of Dilanchi, citing unfair and contradicting pretexts.^[24]

Kidnapping

Dilanchi was kidnapped by an unknown group in front of his house on 5 December 2002. As a result of pressure, the media kept his location secret for 21 days, however, the Press Secretary of the Internal Affairs Ministry declared that he was in jail. After being kept for some weeks in the cold underground in inhumane conditions, Dilanchi was sent to Shuvalan prison. After 38 days in prison, having been arrested without reason, he was allowed to be transferred to house arrest. After three months, he was freed.^{[25] [26] [27] [28]}

External links

• Official website
• Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Piruz Dilanci, a leader of the National Liberation Movement of Southern Azerbaijan (NLMSA) and a well-known poet...
• The Armenian-Iran Relationship (A book published by ESISC - European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center on 17 January 2013) Page 39: Azerbaijan also accused Iran of having ordered the killing of Iranian Azeri leader Piruz Dilanci, who was living in Baku139. It is lastly worth mentioning that Iran also expressed his deep discontent over the efforts of the Azerbaijani authorities to organize a diaspora through the World Azerbaijani Congress.
• The head of the National Liberation Movement of Southern Azerbaijan Piruz Dilanci, has been arrested.
• It was not just the Caspian Sea crisis that preoccupied Tehran. On August 22, in the midst of concerns with the Kurds, Turks, Israelis and Americans, the Azeri question again came to the fore. On that day there was a failed assassination attempt on Piruz Dilanci, leader of the National Liberation Movement of Southern Azerbaijan (NLMSA), at his home in Baku. Dilanci did not rule out that the assassination attempt might have been organized by Tehran's agents. (29) The NLMSA was organized in the early 1990s by a group of political emigres from Iran of Azeri origin. The NLMSA declared its principal goal was the independence of Southern Azerbaijan, i.e., Iran-Azerbaijan...
• Azerbaijan also accused Iran of having ordered the killing of Iranian Azeri leader Piruz Dilanci, who was living in Baku. It is lastly worth mentioning that Iran also expressed his deep discontent over the efforts of the Azerbaijani authorities to organize a diaspora through the World Azerbaijani Congress...
• Nuray Hafiftash - "O gelende" (music: Eldar Mansurov, Piruz Dilenchi)
• Representatives of the National Liberation Movement of Southern Azerbaijan (NLMSA) in different countries have issued a statement in connection with the arrest of the head of the organization's Baku office, Piruz Dilanci...
• Azerbaijanian Music - Girls, Eldar Mansurov, Piruz Dilenchi
• Piruz Dilanci has been arrested
• Azerbaijanian Music - Veten Saqolsun, Eldar Mansurov, Piruz Dilenchi
• Russian Military-Security Media Coverage: Piruz Dilanci, has recently been attacked by employees of the Iranian Embassy at Baku's Bina airport. Ezzatollah Jalali, Ali Mehri and others were among the attackers. The incident was stopped due to police intervention...
• Azerbaijanian Music - Bes hardasan sevgilim (Piruz Dilenchi, Teymur Mustafayev)
• The South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement is about to hold its next, 3rd in turn Congress in Baku.The press office of the movement told AssA-Irada that the organisation has commissioned its Baku representative Piruz Dilanci with talking with the Azerbaijani government over getting permission to venue place...
• http://news.bbc.co.uk

Notes and References

1. http://turuz.com/en/index/view/77c3bbe0d1fb46027a4b3be39e6c27c978d91470 Turuz » book
2. Web site: National library of Iran - Library, Museum and Document Center of The Parliament of Iran . 2012-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521040545/http://dlib.ical.ir/site/catalogue/261029 . 2014-05-21 . dead .
3. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/039523497 Similar vocabulary of the language and literature of Azerbaijan
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=wIQ6ygAACAAJ Google Books
5. https://archive.today/20130108093731/http://www.lib.ir/LibView/DocView.aspx?did=HPWwWwHBHBAPHPWwBFDHPHPZAPAP Nabi Khazri - Poems
6. http://89.147.202.130:8000/cgi-bin/gw_2010_1_3/chameleon?sessionid=2010101223275403543&skin=azl&lng=az&inst=consortium&host=localhost%2B2222%2BDEFAULT&patronhost=localhost%202222%20DEFAULT&searchid=34&sourcescreen=INITREQ&pos=1&itempos=1&rootsearch=SCAN&function=INITREQ&search=AUTHID&authid=580160&authidu=1003 Əli İsmayıl Firuz Sümərin
7. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/038902514 Nabi Khazri - Piruz Dilanchi
8. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49572276 معاصر آذربايجان شاعيرلريندن قانلی نغمه لر
9. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AS%CC%B2amari%CC%84n%2C+%CA%BBAli%CC%84+Isma%CC%84%CA%BBi%CC%84l+Fi%CC%84ru%CC%84z.&qt=hot_author Search results for Piruz Dilanchi's books from WorldCat
10. http://www.noormags.com/view/fa/articlepage/14809 کیهان فرهنگی » مهر 1367 - شماره 55
11. http://www.piruzdilanchi.com/images/House%20of%20Commons%20Canada.gif
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4njVhzHyYw4 Azerbaijan (AzTv Shahriyar Proqrami - Piruz Dilənçi)
13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/594537.stm The head of the National Liberation Movement of Southern Azerbaijan, Piruz Dilenchy...
14. https://archive.today/20130110230606/http://www.gunaskam.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140&Itemid=44 The Islamic Republic and the Independence of the North - By: Dr. Nissman is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the author of "The Soviet Union and Iranian Azerbaijan" (Westview, 1987).
15. http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/180962/298257_de.html Liberation Army of Azerbaijan (Liberation Army of Southern Azerbaijan) (January 1998 - August 2001) believed to have been formed in 1993 in Iran [IRN37710.E] - IRB - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
16. Web site: پیروز دیلنچی؛ مردی که آتش استقلال آذربایجان جنوبی را بر افروخت – Camah. October 2016 .
17. http://www.camah.org/files/Republic-of-Azerbaijan-Ministry-of-Foreign-Affairs_Gov-AZ_781.pdf Written by Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Published by REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
18. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2001/33-030901.html An unknown number of people broke into the Baku apartment of Piruz Dilanchi, leader of the irredentist National Liberation Movement of Southern Azerbaijan, on 22 August and tried to kill him, Turan reported. Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry arrested on 18 August six clerics residing in a district bordering Iran on suspicion of cooperating with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, Turan News Agency reported two days later. Moreover, Baku's former ambassador to Tehran, Aliyar Safarli, alleged that Iran is funding some Azerbaijani political parties and also paying off some government officials, "Yeni Musavat" reported on 2 August
19. http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1342844.html IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN AZERBAIJAN
20. http://iranexpert.tripod.com/2001/azeri3september.htm IranExpert
21. http://www.piruzdilanchi.com/images/MSK4.jpg
22. http://www.piruzdilanchi.com/images/MSK3.jpg
23. http://www.piruzdilanchi.com/images/MSK1.jpg
24. http://www.piruzdilanchi.com/images/MSK2.jpg
25. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Release_the_Pirouz_Dilenchi.jpg The decision of the Ministry of Justice to release the Pirouz Dilenchi
26. https://archive.today/20130415192302/http://sanlm.org/Archive/14_January_2003-Sherq-Piruz_Dilanchi.jpg "East News" 14 January 2003: About Piruz Dilanchi's Kidnapping
27. http://sanlm.org/Archive/15_February_2003_Xalq-Cebhesi_Piruz-Dilanchi.jpg "Popular Front News" 15 February 2003: About Piruz Dilanchi's Kidnapping
28. http://sanlm.org/Archive/18_January_2003-Yeni_Musavat-Baku.jpg "Yeni Musavat Newspaper" 18 January 2003: About Piruz Dilanchi's Kidnapping