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U.S. CONGRESSMAN INTRODUCES RESOLUTION ON IRANIAN AZERIS' SELF-DETERMINATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2012 - 17:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has
introduced a House Concurrent Resolution that states the "Azeri
people, currently divided between Azerbaijan and Iran, have the
right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country,
if they so choose."
"The Azeri people have an innate right to choose their own political
structure and to choose their country," said Rohrabacher. "It is not
up to bureaucrats in Washington or the mullah dictatorship in Iran.
The ethnic Azeri's in Azerbaijan enjoy sovereignty and independence;
there is no reason why the Azeri population in Iran should not be
able to make that same choice. This principle holds true for all the
people who live in Iran."
Rep. Rohrabacher wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
previously that "the Azeri homeland was split between Imperial
Russia and the Persian Empire in 1828 without the consent of the
Azeri people." Inspired by political discussions currently ongoing
within Azerbaijan's Parliament, Rep. Rohrabacher stated that,
"My resolution puts the US on the side of the Azeri people and with
the people within Iran," said Rohrabacher. "If the people on the
ground don't want to be ruled by the mullah dictatorship in Iran,
then we should support their right to determine their future through
a referendum. It is disconcerting to me that the State Department
and Tehran agree that the people of Iran should be forced to live
within the borders and under the same jurisdiction no matter how the
majority of the Azeris believe. I am calling on the government of
Iran to provide its Azeri population with a referendum to determine
their own future state."
Rep. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
on Oversight and Investigations.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 14, 2012 - 17:36 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has
introduced a House Concurrent Resolution that states the "Azeri
people, currently divided between Azerbaijan and Iran, have the
right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country,
if they so choose."
"The Azeri people have an innate right to choose their own political
structure and to choose their country," said Rohrabacher. "It is not
up to bureaucrats in Washington or the mullah dictatorship in Iran.
The ethnic Azeri's in Azerbaijan enjoy sovereignty and independence;
there is no reason why the Azeri population in Iran should not be
able to make that same choice. This principle holds true for all the
people who live in Iran."
Rep. Rohrabacher wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
previously that "the Azeri homeland was split between Imperial
Russia and the Persian Empire in 1828 without the consent of the
Azeri people." Inspired by political discussions currently ongoing
within Azerbaijan's Parliament, Rep. Rohrabacher stated that,
"My resolution puts the US on the side of the Azeri people and with
the people within Iran," said Rohrabacher. "If the people on the
ground don't want to be ruled by the mullah dictatorship in Iran,
then we should support their right to determine their future through
a referendum. It is disconcerting to me that the State Department
and Tehran agree that the people of Iran should be forced to live
within the borders and under the same jurisdiction no matter how the
majority of the Azeris believe. I am calling on the government of
Iran to provide its Azeri population with a referendum to determine
their own future state."
Rep. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
on Oversight and Investigations.