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TEHRAN'S ARMENIANS PROTEST AGAINST TURKISH GOVERNMENT
IRNA
APRIL 24, 2012
Tehran, April 24, IRNA - Hundreds of Tehrani Armenians commemorated
the mass slaughter of Armenians by Turkey ninety-seven years ago.
In a ceremony held on the anniversary of the mass killing on Tuesday
morning, the Armenian Archbishop of Tehran Sebouh Sarkissian said
despite nearly a century elapsed after the dreadful event, the world
Armenians will never forget the genocide.
He said the Armenian officials will strongly defend the rights of
the martyrs of the slaughter.
Armenia's ambassador to Tehran, Armenians' representative in the
Iranian parliament, Armenian dignitaries and ordinary people taking
part in the ceremony, too, paid tribute to the memory of the victims
of the mass slaughter by the Ottoman Empire by laying wreaths at a
site erected in their memories.
They also called for an official apology by the Turkish government.
From: Baghdasarian
IRNA
APRIL 24, 2012
Tehran, April 24, IRNA - Hundreds of Tehrani Armenians commemorated
the mass slaughter of Armenians by Turkey ninety-seven years ago.
In a ceremony held on the anniversary of the mass killing on Tuesday
morning, the Armenian Archbishop of Tehran Sebouh Sarkissian said
despite nearly a century elapsed after the dreadful event, the world
Armenians will never forget the genocide.
He said the Armenian officials will strongly defend the rights of
the martyrs of the slaughter.
Armenia's ambassador to Tehran, Armenians' representative in the
Iranian parliament, Armenian dignitaries and ordinary people taking
part in the ceremony, too, paid tribute to the memory of the victims
of the mass slaughter by the Ottoman Empire by laying wreaths at a
site erected in their memories.
They also called for an official apology by the Turkish government.
From: Baghdasarian