They finally pulled the text and updated the report to remove that baseless claim about West Azerbaijan. It is honestly such a relief to see them acknowledge the mistake after all this back and forth because keeping facts straight matters so much. We have to stay alert now just to …
November 11, 2019
Rally Support to Sourced Information in The UN Reports Concerning Nationalities in Iran
Final supporters
We, the undersigned, refer to your report: “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” It was prepared in accordance with United Nations’ (UN) Human Rights Council Resolution 40/18 and issued for the public in August 2019.
Our focus is on a small print in Clause 94 of the Report. It implies that a certain ethnic minority (Kurds) forms the majority in a certain province (West Azerbaijan) but this is false. We therefore draw your urgent attention to the flaws in such a claim and its serious harms.
The flaws include:
The implied claim fails because it is not supported by citing its source.
The implied claim makes reference to neither any consultation documents nor to the consultant responsible for the claim; conversely, your consultants failed to spot the small-print in the clause.
Above all, Iranian authorities do not provide official statistics on the ethnic composition within Iran; hence it makes the Clause flawed. Unfortunately, once stated in your Report, this flawed claim becomes a source of reference!
Besides, the small print was parachuted down, not in Clauses 86-90 (which gives a broader description of the Iranian Kurds) but in Clause 94 when described victims of landmines. Did this small-print not expose that this small-print claim the Report into disrepute? This is now an urgent matter and needs a prompt correction, else the UN will be seen as promoting this false claim.
May we bring to your kind attention some of the harms that the small-print claim in Clause 94 is poised to inflict in Azerbaijan in Iran. It is already serving as a ploy in the hands of extremist armed bands. They already act buoyantly and conspire with Iranian authorities. The implied claim is a gift in disguise for both Iranian authorities and extremist armed bands to incite racial conflicts. Let us take stock of the small-print claim: only Azerbaijanis in Iran are at the receiving end, a process in which your report will be seen as the trigger event.
Conversely, Clause 79 gives the population of the nation of Azerbaijani in Iran but the given figure is less than half of its popularly-believed figure. The Clause fails to reveal its source and does not mention anything on any prior consultations.
We believe that as a public body charged with public functions, the UN has a duty to ensure that the data that it holds and publishes are properly sourced and accurate - at the present time, we believe that the above two clauses bring your report into disrepute. We remind the document that the UN has produced: Brisbane Declaration on Freedom of Information: The Right to Know (2010) and champions its uptake. We know our entitlements and rights, as per your own document.
We, the undersigned, rally our support to help maintain racial harmony in the provinces mentioned above. There is a great need to make good of your report by not allowing it to become a ploy to the Iranian authorities and extremist armed bands by the above small-print claim for the good of the innocent Azerbaijanis. Before the presentation of your report to the UN General Assembly, we therefore demand that the word “majority” is dropped out of Clause 94. Equally, we demand that the false population size in Clause 79 to be removed or balanced with the popularly believed figure of more than 30 million Azerbaijanis in Iran.
https://undocs.org/en/A/74/188
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Updates
September 22, 2019
one hundred people signed this and it is honestly wild to see that many names show up for something that felt like a quiet frustration in the back of my mind. i was just staring at that clause in the report feeling like nobody else would notice the inaccuracy but now there is an actual group of us looking at it together.
September 22, 2019
I just refreshed the page and saw we hit a thousand signatures which honestly feels surreal because I was worried nobody else would care about the fine print in those reports. It is wild to think about how many people actually read through the details and recognized why this matters for accuracy and fairness in these documents.
Reached 1,000 supporters
September 21, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
September 20, 2019
1,284 Comments
Hi, your report that says Kurds form the mojority of the west Azerbaijan population in Iran is false. West Azerbaijan province belongs to Azeri Turks and Azery Turks form the mojority of its population. Please correct your wrong report. Thanks
The composition of the population of West Azerbaijan in Iran has been incorrectly reported. Western Azerbaijanis are Turks. The Iranian regime deliberately misrepresents the composition of the population. The part of West Azerbaijan has 2% Kurdish.
Hello. Your report about majority of West Azerbaijan province in Iran is a very very big mistake. West Azerbaijan province with the center of urmia city population is Turk. Almost 90% of population of West Azerbaijan is Turk. Please correct your report.
The majority of the people of West Azerbaijan constitute the Turks . Please correct this false statistics . Nearly 85 % of the population of West Azerbaijan is the Turkic nation . West Azerbaijan is a history and cultural heritage belonging to the Turkish nation .
with great appreciation of your hard,I kindly request that Clause 94 to be corrected so to show the fact that majority in west azerbaijan areTuRKS not Kurds,I remind you that most of the Kurds are refugees ,who where fleeing late sadam hossein.
west azerbaijan is historic azerbaijan and azerbaijanis are turks
we urge correction of right population of Azerbaijani Turks in your report. Azerbaijanis are majority in west Azerbaijan province.
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They finally pulled the text and updated the report to remove that baseless claim about West Azerbaijan. It is honestly such a relief to see them acknowledge the mistake after all this back and forth because keeping facts straight matters so much. We have to stay alert now just to …
November 11, 2019
Rally Support to Sourced Information in The UN Reports Concerning Nationalities in Iran
Final supporters
We, the undersigned, refer to your report: “Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” It was prepared in accordance with United Nations’ (UN) Human Rights Council Resolution 40/18 and issued for the public in August 2019.
Our focus is on a small print in Clause 94 of the Report. It implies that a certain ethnic minority (Kurds) forms the majority in a certain province (West Azerbaijan) but this is false. We therefore draw your urgent attention to the flaws in such a claim and its serious harms.
The flaws include:
The implied claim fails because it is not supported by citing its source.
The implied claim makes reference to neither any consultation documents nor to the consultant responsible for the claim; conversely, your consultants failed to spot the small-print in the clause.
Above all, Iranian authorities do not provide official statistics on the ethnic composition within Iran; hence it makes the Clause flawed. Unfortunately, once stated in your Report, this flawed claim becomes a source of reference!
Besides, the small print was parachuted down, not in Clauses 86-90 (which gives a broader description of the Iranian Kurds) but in Clause 94 when described victims of landmines. Did this small-print not expose that this small-print claim the Report into disrepute? This is now an urgent matter and needs a prompt correction, else the UN will be seen as promoting this false claim.
May we bring to your kind attention some of the harms that the small-print claim in Clause 94 is poised to inflict in Azerbaijan in Iran. It is already serving as a ploy in the hands of extremist armed bands. They already act buoyantly and conspire with Iranian authorities. The implied claim is a gift in disguise for both Iranian authorities and extremist armed bands to incite racial conflicts. Let us take stock of the small-print claim: only Azerbaijanis in Iran are at the receiving end, a process in which your report will be seen as the trigger event.
Conversely, Clause 79 gives the population of the nation of Azerbaijani in Iran but the given figure is less than half of its popularly-believed figure. The Clause fails to reveal its source and does not mention anything on any prior consultations.
We believe that as a public body charged with public functions, the UN has a duty to ensure that the data that it holds and publishes are properly sourced and accurate - at the present time, we believe that the above two clauses bring your report into disrepute. We remind the document that the UN has produced: Brisbane Declaration on Freedom of Information: The Right to Know (2010) and champions its uptake. We know our entitlements and rights, as per your own document.
We, the undersigned, rally our support to help maintain racial harmony in the provinces mentioned above. There is a great need to make good of your report by not allowing it to become a ploy to the Iranian authorities and extremist armed bands by the above small-print claim for the good of the innocent Azerbaijanis. Before the presentation of your report to the UN General Assembly, we therefore demand that the word “majority” is dropped out of Clause 94. Equally, we demand that the false population size in Clause 79 to be removed or balanced with the popularly believed figure of more than 30 million Azerbaijanis in Iran.
https://undocs.org/en/A/74/188
Undersigned by
Names can be revealed Names will only be revealed to the UN Officials
Updates
September 22, 2019
one hundred people signed this and it is honestly wild to see that many names show up for something that felt like a quiet frustration in the back of my mind. i was just staring at that clause in the report feeling like nobody else would notice the inaccuracy but now there is an actual group of us looking at it together.
September 22, 2019
I just refreshed the page and saw we hit a thousand signatures which honestly feels surreal because I was worried nobody else would care about the fine print in those reports. It is wild to think about how many people actually read through the details and recognized why this matters for accuracy and fairness in these documents.
Reached 1,000 supporters
September 21, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
September 20, 2019
1,284 Comments
Hello dear ALL, Please, correct this mistake. We demand that the false population size in Clause 79 be removed or balanced with the popularly believed figure of more than 30 million Azerbaijanis in Iran. Best Regards Kamil Suleymanov
Hi, your report that says Kurds form the mojority of the west Azerbaijan population in Iran is false. West Azerbaijan province belongs to Azeri Turks and Azery Turks form the mojority of its population. Please correct your wrong report. Thanks
The composition of the population of West Azerbaijan in Iran has been incorrectly reported. Western Azerbaijanis are Turks. The Iranian regime deliberately misrepresents the composition of the population. The part of West Azerbaijan has 2% Kurdish.
Hello. Your report about majority of West Azerbaijan province in Iran is a very very big mistake. West Azerbaijan province with the center of urmia city population is Turk. Almost 90% of population of West Azerbaijan is Turk. Please correct your report.
The majority of the people of West Azerbaijan constitute the Turks . Please correct this false statistics . Nearly 85 % of the population of West Azerbaijan is the Turkic nation . West Azerbaijan is a history and cultural heritage belonging to the Turkish nation .
with great appreciation of your hard,I kindly request that Clause 94 to be corrected so to show the fact that majority in west azerbaijan areTuRKS not Kurds,I remind you that most of the Kurds are refugees ,who where fleeing late sadam hossein.
west azerbaijan is historic azerbaijan and azerbaijanis are turks
we urge correction of right population of Azerbaijani Turks in your report. Azerbaijanis are majority in west Azerbaijan province.
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Hello dear ALL, Please, correct this mistake. We demand that the false population size in Clause 79 be removed or balanced with the popularly believed figure of more than 30 million Azerbaijanis in Iran. Best Regards Kamil Suleymanov