May 22, in Tabriz, Azerbaijanis organized a rally and tried to seize the former premises of Milli Mejlis, presently the government House of Tabriz. The rally participants were crying out slogans like "Azeri people will not tolerate sufferings", "Chehraganly, the hero of Azerbaijan", "Karabakh is ours and will be ours". The police dispersed the rally. As result, some 20 people were killed and 100 were injured. The hospital where the injured were taken is surrounded by the police. To prevent a repetition guardsmen assaulted a hostel and detained some 100 people, reported Day.az.

It should be noted that the rallies in Tabriz and other town of northern Iran were held in protest against offensive caricatures of Azeris posted in Iran daily. According to Lenta.ru, the Iranian government closed Iran daily and accused the journalists of publishing provocative materials.