Soccer match sparks nationalist protests in northwest Iran
Nationalist fans demand unification with post-Soviet Azerbaijan
By James M. Dorsey
Massive nationalist and environmental protests erupted this week in the Iranian city of Tabriz during and after a soccer match between storied top league teams Esteghlal Tehran FC and the town’s Traktor Sazi FC, a flashpoint of Iranian Azerbaijan’s identity politics that is…
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