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

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