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Khorasan, Mashhad, Iran
April 4 2013
Reactions to anti-Iranian meeting held in Baku
Vice chairman of the Majlis National Security, Foreign Policy
Committee: People from 17 Cities in Caucasus Want To Be Integrated
With Iran.
Reactions continue to the meeting held in Azerbaijan's Baku and hosted
by the grouplet called Azerbaijan National Liberation Committee on 10
Farvardin [30 March 2013] with the goal of violating our country's
sovereignty. In an interview with Khorasan, Mansur Haqiqatpur, vice
chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee,
said: "If the Republic of Azerbaijan is discussing a great Azerbaijan
and is interested in annexing our provinces, it would also be
appropriate for our youth to pursue the 17 cities in Caucasus." In
response to the question about the groups or movements that support
such meetings, he said: "Unfortunately, the Azerbaijani Government
itself and to some extent Turkey are pursuing this issue. But they
place non-governmental individuals on the face of these meetings in
order to easily insult and express their objectives -- of course the
Zionist lobby is certainly influential in this matter."
In response to the question about his assessment of how the Iranian
Government reacted to this move, the vice president of the committee
said: "We, as the representatives of the nation and government, have
asked for a stronger response to be given to these actions." The
representative of the people of Ardebil and Namin said that Iranian
authorities are being a little patient, and emphasized: "This patience
will cause them to be more invective."
The diplomatic apparatus must be more active in this regard. Of course
the more important matter is for the public to mobilize. The people
must raise the case for the 17 cities in Caucuses and ask for this
district to be reunited with Iran. In an interview with Fars, he also
said: "Seventeen cities in Caucuses, including Azerbaijan and Baku,
were part of them and were separated from Iran during the Qajar era
[from 1785 to 1925] and their people are interested in reuniting with
their country." In an interview with Fars, the head of the Assembly of
Representatives from the northwestern part of the country pointed to
some of Azerbaijan's behind-the-scene activities in cooperation with
the Zionist regime and America, and added: "These foreign regimes are
laughing in the face of the politicians in Azerbaijan and consider
them to be weak and unable to free the 20 percent of the territory
that is occupied by Armenians in this country."
Qazipur: "These Meetings Were Held With the Permission, Support of the
Azerbaijani Government."
In an interview with Khorasan, Orumiyeh Majlis Representative Nader
Qazipur said: "These meetings were held with the permission and
support of the Azerbaijani Government, because the newly formed
Azerbaijani Government follows US policies." He added: "This country
is trying to pursue its own objectives by gathering Iran's opponents
in such meetings." The head of the Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Assembly of
Representatives said: "We call on the government to respond to this
behavior by the Republic of Azerbaijan. Of course Iran also has issues
to discuss in this regard and could pursue the issue of the ownership
of the lands that were forcefully separated from Iran through the
signing of the Turkmenchay Treaty in international assemblies."
The Proposal To Hold a Referendum To Integrate the Republic of
Azerbaijan with Iran
At the same time, in a commentary, Hoseyn Shari'atmadari, editor in
chief at the Keyhan daily, proposed: Our country's honorable officials
could offer the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan to put to a
referendum the integration of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Iran's
Azarbayjan. Shari'atmadari wrote: "This article is not seeking to
criticize our country's Foreign Ministry and believes that one of the
defined duties and responsibilities of the Foreign Ministry is to
summon the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan and convey to him
the Islamic Republic of Iran's strong protest. But it was and is
likely that our country's honorable foreign policy officials have a
deeper understanding of the situation and do not consider the recent
conference in the Republic of Azerbaijan to be a threat."
On the 10th of Farvardin -- 30 March [2013] -- a conference entitled
"The Future of South Azerbaijan" was held at the conference hall of
one of the hotels in Baku by the party called "the Azerbaijan National
Liberation Front!" In addition to a number of the members of this
party, some of the former officials and figures of the Republic of
Azerbaijan also attended this conference. Some absurd and childish
claims against the rule and territorial integrity of the Islamic
Republic of Iran were made and our honorable deputy foreign minister
for Asia and the Pacific summoned the ambassador of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in protest to the holding of this conference. Regarding the
summoning of the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he said:
"While the Islamic Republic of Iran has always endeavored to
strengthen relations between the two countries and to continue on the
path of deep bonds between the them, conducting such actions could
inflict new damages on the positive trend and developing relations
between them." ?¦ [ellipsis as published] But there is another side
to this coin, which should not be ignored by our country's honorable
foreign policy officials. You see, the population of the Republic of
Azerbaijan is nearly 10 million people, the majority of which are
Muslims and Shiites and have deep cultural and belief links with the
people in Iran's Azarbayjan. Although this country's people were
dominated by the former Soviet Union for many years, they did not
abandon their religious beliefs, culture, and Azeri traditions despite
the efforts and planning by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
After the fall of the former Soviet Union, they wanted to return to
their own culture and beliefs and ever since then, they have
considered the Islamic Iran as their role model.
The available evidence and continuous observations leave no doubt that
the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan consider themselves to be
separated members of the Islamic Iran. So far, the abundant efforts
and borad planning by the Zionists, who gained considerable influence
in the Republic of Azerbaijan following the fall of the Soviet Union,
have not only failed to change this viewpoint of the noble people of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, but the enmity and violent crimes
committed by the Zionists against Islamic nations has also accelerated
the enthusiasm of the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan to be
grafted in with the Islamic Iran. This meeting is one of the dozens
and hundreds of joint measures taken by the Zionists and some
politicians in the Republic of Azerbaijan to confront the sense of
correlation between this country's people and the Islamic Iran and to
prevent this deep religious and cultural sense from erupting.
Based on available evidence, the founding of the party known as "the
Azerbaijan National Liberation Front!" is a kind of "escape forward"
that has been organized in order to prevent the demand by the people
of the Republic of Azerbaijan to be integrated into the Islamic Iran
or the formation of an Islamic system similar to that of Iran's -- and
has not been successful at all so far. It is noteworthy that
Vafaqolizadeh, former adviser to the president of the Republic of
Azerbaijan during the presidency of Heydar Aliyev, does not conceal
his multiple visits to Israel to consult with the Zionist regime.
Along with some representatives from the "Popular Front Party" and
"Freedom and Equality Party," he was among the hosts and attendees of
this conference.
He added: "Our country's honorable officials could offer the
government of the Republic of Azerbaijan to put to a referendum the
integration of the Republic of Azerbaijan with Iran's Azarbayjan."
This is the most elementary step toward realizing democracy. But, is
the result easily and decisively predictable? Or should they demand
for their real desire concerning the formation of an Islamic political
system similar to that of the Islamic Republic of Iran's through a
referendum with two options of yes or no? What is happening among the
noble people of the Republic of Azerbaijan clearly shows that they
firstly want to be integrated with the Islamic Iran and their second
priority is to form an Islamic political system with a structure that
is derived from the structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[Translated from Persian]
April 4 2013
Reactions to anti-Iranian meeting held in Baku
Vice chairman of the Majlis National Security, Foreign Policy
Committee: People from 17 Cities in Caucasus Want To Be Integrated
With Iran.
Reactions continue to the meeting held in Azerbaijan's Baku and hosted
by the grouplet called Azerbaijan National Liberation Committee on 10
Farvardin [30 March 2013] with the goal of violating our country's
sovereignty. In an interview with Khorasan, Mansur Haqiqatpur, vice
chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee,
said: "If the Republic of Azerbaijan is discussing a great Azerbaijan
and is interested in annexing our provinces, it would also be
appropriate for our youth to pursue the 17 cities in Caucasus." In
response to the question about the groups or movements that support
such meetings, he said: "Unfortunately, the Azerbaijani Government
itself and to some extent Turkey are pursuing this issue. But they
place non-governmental individuals on the face of these meetings in
order to easily insult and express their objectives -- of course the
Zionist lobby is certainly influential in this matter."
In response to the question about his assessment of how the Iranian
Government reacted to this move, the vice president of the committee
said: "We, as the representatives of the nation and government, have
asked for a stronger response to be given to these actions." The
representative of the people of Ardebil and Namin said that Iranian
authorities are being a little patient, and emphasized: "This patience
will cause them to be more invective."
The diplomatic apparatus must be more active in this regard. Of course
the more important matter is for the public to mobilize. The people
must raise the case for the 17 cities in Caucuses and ask for this
district to be reunited with Iran. In an interview with Fars, he also
said: "Seventeen cities in Caucuses, including Azerbaijan and Baku,
were part of them and were separated from Iran during the Qajar era
[from 1785 to 1925] and their people are interested in reuniting with
their country." In an interview with Fars, the head of the Assembly of
Representatives from the northwestern part of the country pointed to
some of Azerbaijan's behind-the-scene activities in cooperation with
the Zionist regime and America, and added: "These foreign regimes are
laughing in the face of the politicians in Azerbaijan and consider
them to be weak and unable to free the 20 percent of the territory
that is occupied by Armenians in this country."
Qazipur: "These Meetings Were Held With the Permission, Support of the
Azerbaijani Government."
In an interview with Khorasan, Orumiyeh Majlis Representative Nader
Qazipur said: "These meetings were held with the permission and
support of the Azerbaijani Government, because the newly formed
Azerbaijani Government follows US policies." He added: "This country
is trying to pursue its own objectives by gathering Iran's opponents
in such meetings." The head of the Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Assembly of
Representatives said: "We call on the government to respond to this
behavior by the Republic of Azerbaijan. Of course Iran also has issues
to discuss in this regard and could pursue the issue of the ownership
of the lands that were forcefully separated from Iran through the
signing of the Turkmenchay Treaty in international assemblies."
The Proposal To Hold a Referendum To Integrate the Republic of
Azerbaijan with Iran
At the same time, in a commentary, Hoseyn Shari'atmadari, editor in
chief at the Keyhan daily, proposed: Our country's honorable officials
could offer the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan to put to a
referendum the integration of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Iran's
Azarbayjan. Shari'atmadari wrote: "This article is not seeking to
criticize our country's Foreign Ministry and believes that one of the
defined duties and responsibilities of the Foreign Ministry is to
summon the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan and convey to him
the Islamic Republic of Iran's strong protest. But it was and is
likely that our country's honorable foreign policy officials have a
deeper understanding of the situation and do not consider the recent
conference in the Republic of Azerbaijan to be a threat."
On the 10th of Farvardin -- 30 March [2013] -- a conference entitled
"The Future of South Azerbaijan" was held at the conference hall of
one of the hotels in Baku by the party called "the Azerbaijan National
Liberation Front!" In addition to a number of the members of this
party, some of the former officials and figures of the Republic of
Azerbaijan also attended this conference. Some absurd and childish
claims against the rule and territorial integrity of the Islamic
Republic of Iran were made and our honorable deputy foreign minister
for Asia and the Pacific summoned the ambassador of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in protest to the holding of this conference. Regarding the
summoning of the ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he said:
"While the Islamic Republic of Iran has always endeavored to
strengthen relations between the two countries and to continue on the
path of deep bonds between the them, conducting such actions could
inflict new damages on the positive trend and developing relations
between them." ?¦ [ellipsis as published] But there is another side
to this coin, which should not be ignored by our country's honorable
foreign policy officials. You see, the population of the Republic of
Azerbaijan is nearly 10 million people, the majority of which are
Muslims and Shiites and have deep cultural and belief links with the
people in Iran's Azarbayjan. Although this country's people were
dominated by the former Soviet Union for many years, they did not
abandon their religious beliefs, culture, and Azeri traditions despite
the efforts and planning by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
After the fall of the former Soviet Union, they wanted to return to
their own culture and beliefs and ever since then, they have
considered the Islamic Iran as their role model.
The available evidence and continuous observations leave no doubt that
the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan consider themselves to be
separated members of the Islamic Iran. So far, the abundant efforts
and borad planning by the Zionists, who gained considerable influence
in the Republic of Azerbaijan following the fall of the Soviet Union,
have not only failed to change this viewpoint of the noble people of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, but the enmity and violent crimes
committed by the Zionists against Islamic nations has also accelerated
the enthusiasm of the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan to be
grafted in with the Islamic Iran. This meeting is one of the dozens
and hundreds of joint measures taken by the Zionists and some
politicians in the Republic of Azerbaijan to confront the sense of
correlation between this country's people and the Islamic Iran and to
prevent this deep religious and cultural sense from erupting.
Based on available evidence, the founding of the party known as "the
Azerbaijan National Liberation Front!" is a kind of "escape forward"
that has been organized in order to prevent the demand by the people
of the Republic of Azerbaijan to be integrated into the Islamic Iran
or the formation of an Islamic system similar to that of Iran's -- and
has not been successful at all so far. It is noteworthy that
Vafaqolizadeh, former adviser to the president of the Republic of
Azerbaijan during the presidency of Heydar Aliyev, does not conceal
his multiple visits to Israel to consult with the Zionist regime.
Along with some representatives from the "Popular Front Party" and
"Freedom and Equality Party," he was among the hosts and attendees of
this conference.
He added: "Our country's honorable officials could offer the
government of the Republic of Azerbaijan to put to a referendum the
integration of the Republic of Azerbaijan with Iran's Azarbayjan."
This is the most elementary step toward realizing democracy. But, is
the result easily and decisively predictable? Or should they demand
for their real desire concerning the formation of an Islamic political
system similar to that of the Islamic Republic of Iran's through a
referendum with two options of yes or no? What is happening among the
noble people of the Republic of Azerbaijan clearly shows that they
firstly want to be integrated with the Islamic Iran and their second
priority is to form an Islamic political system with a structure that
is derived from the structure of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[Translated from Persian]