Fitilieh programme protests in Iran

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2015 Azerbaijanis protests in Iran
Date	9 November 2015 – 11 November 2015
Location	Iran
Caused by	The children's program Fitilehha aired an episode on November 6 depicting an Azeri speaking Iranian brushing his teeth with a toilet brush.
Methods	Demonstrations
Resulted in	Fitilehha has been cancelled, the head of the country’s state broadcaster apologized for the episode
Casualties
Death(s)	1 protester

The Fitilieh programme protests (Persian: جنجال برنامه فیتیله, lit. 'Controversy of Fitilieh programme') started on 9 November 2015 after a segment of the children's television programme Fitileh, aired on 6 November on local state TV, depicted an Azeri speaking Iranian brushing his teeth with a toilet brush.

As a result, hundreds of people participated in demonstrations in Tabriz, Urmia, Ardabil, Zanjan and Tehran. Police in Iran clashed with protesting people and fired tear gas to disperse crowds, with protesters being arrested. One of the protesters, Ali Akbar Morteza, reportedly "died of injuries" in Urmia. There were also protests held in front of Iranian embassies in Istanbul and Baku.

The head of the country’s state broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Mohammad Sarafraz apologized for airing the program. The broadcast of Fitilehha was cancelled, after 12 years of airing.

References

^ Civil protests erupt in Iranian Azerbaijan // Eurasia Daily. — 2015. — 10 November.
Iran’s ethnic Azeris protest slur on TV program // The Washington Post. — 2015. — 9 November.
Azerbaijanis hold mass protests in Iran // APA. — 2015. — 9 November.
Iran's Azeris protest over offensive TV show // BBC. — 2015. — 9 November.
"Rage against Iran over 'inherent racism toward Azeris". DailySabah. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
Frud Bezhan. Azeris Hold Protests In Iran Over Racial Slur // Radio Free Europe. — 2015. — 9 November.

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Frud Bezhan. Azeris Hold Protests In Iran Over Racial Slur // Radio Free Europe. — 2015. — 9 November.
Iran’s ethnic Azeris protest slur on TV program // The Washington Post. — 2015. — 9 November.
Iran's Azeris protest over offensive TV show // BBC. — 2015. — 9 November.

v t e Protests in Iran
19th century	Tobacco Protest (1890–1892)
20th century	1906 revolution 1952 riots 1963 riots Iranian revolution 1978 Qom protest 1978 Tabriz protests Black Friday (1978) 1979 Women Day protests 1981 protests 1999 student protests
21st century	2003 student protests 2005 Ahvaz unrest Green Movement 2009 presidential election protests 2009 Ashura protests 2011–2012 protests 2011 Khuzestan protests 2015 Mahabad riots 2015 Fitilieh programme protests 2016 Cyrus the Great Revolt 2017–2018 protests Iranian protests against compulsory hijab 2018 Dervish protests 2018 protests 2018–2019 general strikes and protests 2018 water protests August 2018 uprising 2018 protest movement 2018 university protests 2019 protests 2019–2020 protests Mahshahr massacre 2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 protests 2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests 2021–2022 protests 2021 water protests 2022 food protests Mahsa Amini protests

v t e Anti-Azerbaijanism
Events	Armenian–Tatar massacres (1905–1907) Massacres of Azerbaijanis in Armenia (1917–1921) March Days (1918) Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia (1948–1992) Gugark pogrom (1988) Violence in Stepanakert (1988) Khojaly massacre (1992) Iran cockroach cartoon controversy (2006) Fitilieh programme controversy (2015)
See also	List of massacres of Azerbaijanis

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